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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 50 times in 48 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10 - The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 - “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 - He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 - He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds[fn] of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:34

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 - Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “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 - When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15 - Peter said, “Explain the 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 wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 - When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking 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 - “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23 - So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10 - When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13 - Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30 - Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33 - With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:34 - He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 - After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 - Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:28 - “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, 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, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch 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 this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not 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 town after town, he told this parable:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9 - 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, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, “ ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:11 - “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41 - Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 - Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 - When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 - Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9 - To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11 - While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 - He went on to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 - The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken 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 - He told them this parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19 - Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.
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