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Lexicon :: Strong's G3850 - parabolē

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παραβολή
Transliteration
parabolē (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ab-ol-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:744,773

Strong’s Definitions

παραβολή parabolḗ, par-ab-ol-ay'; from G3846; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:—comparison, figure, parable, proverb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x

The KJV translates Strong's G3850 in the following manner: parable (46x), figure (2x), comparison (1x), proverb (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 50x
The KJV translates Strong's G3850 in the following manner: parable (46x), figure (2x), comparison (1x), proverb (1x).

  1. a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle

  2. metaph.

    1. a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude

    2. an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated

    3. a narrative, fictitious but agreeable to the laws and usages of human life, by which either the duties of men or the things of God, particularly the nature and history of God's kingdom are figuratively portrayed

    4. a parable: an earthly story with a heavenly meaning

  3. a pithy and instructive saying, involving some likeness or comparison and having preceptive or admonitory force

    1. an aphorism, a maxim

  4. a proverb

  5. an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, a risk

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παραβολή parabolḗ, par-ab-ol-ay'; from G3846; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:—comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
STRONGS G3850:
παραβολή, παραβολῆς, ἡ (παραβάλλω, which see), the Sept. for מָשָׁל;
1. a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle, Polybius 15, 2, 13; Diodorus 14, 60.
2. metaphorically, a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude (Plato, Isocrates, Polybius, Plutarch): universally, Matthew 24:32; Mark 13:28; an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated, Mark 3:23; Luke 14:7; a thing serving as a figure of something else, Hebrews 9:9; this meaning also very many interpreters give the word in Hebrews 11:19, but see 5 below; specifically, "a narrative, fictitious but agreeable to the laws and usages of human life, by which either the duties of men or the things of God, particularly the nature and history of God's kingdom, are figuratively portrayed" (cf. B. D., see under the words, Fable, Parable (and references there; add Aristotle, rhet. 2, 20, 2ff and Cope's notes)): Matthew 13:3, 10, 13, 24, 31, 33-35, 53; Matthew 21:33, 45; (Matthew 22:1); Mark 4:2, 10,(Mark 4:11),Mark 4:13,30,33f; (Mark 7:17); Mark 12:1,(Mark 12:12); Luke 8:4, 9-11; Luke 12:16, 41; Luke 13:6; Luke 14:7; Luke 15:3; Luke 18:1, 9; Luke 19:11; Luke 20:9, 19; Luke 21:29; with a genitive of the person or thing to which the contents of the parable refer (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 a.): τοῦ σπείροντος, Matthew 13:18; τῶν ζιζανίων, Matthew 13:36; τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν παραβολή τιθέναι (literally, to set forth the kingdom of God in a parable), to illustrate (the nature and history of) the kingdom of God by the use of a parable, Mark 4:30 L text T Tr text WH.
3. "a pithy and instructive saying, involving some likeness or comparison and having preceptive or admonitory force; an aphorism, a maxim": Luke 5:36; Luke 6:39; Matthew 15:15 (Proverbs 1:6; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Sir. 3:29(27); Sir 13:26(25), etc.). Since sayings of this kind often pass into proverbs, παραβολή is
4. a proverb: Luke 4:23 (1 Samuel 10:12; Ezekiel 12:22; Ezekiel 18:2f).
5. an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, risk (in which sense the plural seems to be used by Plutarch, Aratus 22: διά πολλῶν ἑλιγμων καί παραβολῶν περαινοντες πρός τό τεῖχος (cf. Diodorus Siculus fragment book 30:9, 2; also variant in Thucydides 1, 131, 2 (and Poppo at the passage))); ἐν παραβολή, in risking him, i. e. at the very moment when he exposed his son to mortal peril (see παραβολεύομαι), Hebrews 11:19 (Hesychius ἐκ παραβολῆς. ἐκ παρακινδυνευματος); others with less probability explain it, in a figure, i. e. as a figure, either of the future general resurrection of all men, or of Christ offered up to God and raised again from the dead; others otherwise.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
10:12
Proverbs
1:6
Ecclesiastes
1:17
Ezekiel
12:22; 18:2
Matthew
13; 13:3; 13:10; 13:13; 13:18; 13:24; 13:31; 13:36; 13:53; 15:15; 21:33; 21:45; 22:1; 24:32
Mark
3:23; 4:2; 4:10; 4:11; 4:13; 4:30; 4:30; 4:33; 7:17; 12:1; 12:12; 13:28
Luke
4:23; 5:36; 6:39; 8; 8:4; 12:16; 12:41; 13:6; 14:7; 14:7; 15:3; 18:1; 18:9; 19:11; 20:9; 20:19; 21:29
Hebrews
9:9; 11:19; 11:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3850 matches the Greek παραβολή (parabolē),
which occurs 50 times in 48 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - He told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10 - Then the disciples came to him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 - "So listen to the parable of the sower:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - He presented them with another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 - He gave them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 - He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34 - Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 - Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 - Now when Jesus finished these parables, he moved on from there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15 - But Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - "Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 - When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1 - Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32 - "Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23 - So he called them and spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:2 - He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10 - When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11 - He said to them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13 - He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30 - He also asked, "To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33 - So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:34 - He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 - Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 - Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:28 - "Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23 - Jesus said to them, "No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself!' and say, 'What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - He also told them a parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 - He also told them a parable: "Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won't they both fall into a pit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4 - While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9 - Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - He said, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:11 - "Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41 - Then Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 - Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 - Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:3 - So Jesus told them this parable:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 - Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9 - Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11 - While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 - Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 - Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:29 - Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19 - and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.
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