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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 33 times in 32 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - Then Balaam spoke his message: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18 - Then he spoke his message: “Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:3 - and he spoke his message: “The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:15 - Then he spoke his message: “The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - Then Balaam saw Amalek and spoke his message: “Amalek was first among the nations, but their end will be utter destruction.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:21 - Then he saw the Kenites and spoke his message: “Your dwelling place is secure, your nest is set in a rock;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:23 - Then he spoke his message: “Alas! Who can live when God does this?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:37 - You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the LORD will drive you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:12 - A man who lived there answered, “And who is their father?” So it became a saying: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:13 - As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,’ so my hand will not touch you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3 - The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: ‘When one rules over people in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:32 - He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs numbered a thousand and five.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:20 - then I will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14 - You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 - I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11 - when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:2 - I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:6 - for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:9 - Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:9 - I will make them abhorrent and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a reproach and a byword, a curse[fn] and an object of ridicule, wherever I banish them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22 - “Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by and every vision comes to nothing’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:23 - Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am going to put an end to this proverb, and they will no longer quote it in Israel.’ Say to them, ‘The days are near when every vision will be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:44 - “ ‘Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:2 - “Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:2 - “What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: “ ‘The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:3 - “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:14 - Fire spread from one of its main[fn] branches and consumed its fruit. No strong branch is left on it fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ “This is a lament and is to be used as a lament.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:49 - Then I said, “Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just telling parables?’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3 - Tell this rebellious people a parable and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘Put on the cooking pot; put it on and pour water into it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day people will ridicule you; they will taunt you with this mournful song: ‘We are utterly ruined; my people’s possession is divided up. He takes it from me! He assigns our fields to traitors.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - “Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, “ ‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on?’
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