Help QuickNav Adv. Options
VUL

VUL

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G3850 - parabolē

Choose a new font size and typeface
παραβολή
Transliteration
parabolē (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ab-ol-ay'
Listen
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 TR Greek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - et locutus est eis multa in parabolis dicens ecce exiit qui seminat seminare

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10 - et accedentes discipuli dixerunt ei quare in parabolis loqueris eis

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - ideo in parabolis loquor eis quia videntes non vident et audientes non audiunt neque intellegunt

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 - vos ergo audite parabolam seminantis

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - aliam parabolam proposuit illis dicens simile factum est regnum caelorum homini qui seminavit bonum semen in agro suo

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 - aliam parabolam proposuit eis dicens simile est regnum caelorum grano sinapis quod accipiens homo seminavit in agro suo

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 - aliam parabolam locutus est eis simile est regnum caelorum fermento quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinae satis tribus donec fermentatum est totum

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34 - haec omnia locutus est Iesus in parabolis ad turbas et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - ut impleretur quod dictum erat per prophetam dicentem aperiam in parabolis os meum eructabo abscondita a constitutione mundi

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 - tunc dimissis turbis venit in domum et accesserunt ad eum discipuli eius dicentes dissere nobis parabolam zizaniorum agri

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 - et factum est cum consummasset Iesus parabolas istas transiit inde

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15 - respondens autem Petrus dixit ei edissere nobis parabolam istam

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - aliam parabolam audite homo erat pater familias qui plantavit vineam et sepem circumdedit ei et fodit in ea torcular et aedificavit turrem et locavit eam agricolis et peregre profectus est

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 - et cum audissent principes sacerdotum et Pharisaei parabolas eius cognoverunt quod de ipsis diceret

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1 - et respondens Iesus dixit iterum in parabolis eis dicens

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32 - ab arbore autem fici discite parabolam cum iam ramus eius tener fuerit et folia nata scitis quia prope est aestas

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23 - et convocatis eis in parabolis dicebat illis quomodo potest Satanas Satanan eicere

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:2 - et docebat eos in parabolis multa et dicebat illis in doctrina sua

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10 - et cum esset singularis interrogaverunt eum hii qui cum eo erant cum duodecim parabolas

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11 - et dicebat eis vobis datum est mysterium regni Dei illis autem qui foris sunt in parabolis omnia fiunt

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13 - et ait illis nescitis parabolam hanc et quomodo omnes parabolas cognoscetis

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30 - et dicebat cui adsimilabimus regnum Dei aut cui parabolae conparabimus illud

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33 - et talibus multis parabolis loquebatur eis verbum prout poterant audire

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:34 - sine parabola autem non loquebatur eis seorsum autem discipulis suis disserebat omnia

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 - et cum introisset in domum a turba interrogabant eum discipuli eius parabolam

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - et coepit illis in parabolis loqui vineam pastinavit homo et circumdedit sepem et fodit lacum et aedificavit turrem et locavit eam agricolis et peregre profectus est

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 - et quaerebant eum tenere et timuerunt turbam cognoverunt enim quoniam ad eos parabolam hanc dixerit et relicto eo abierunt

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:28 - a ficu autem discite parabolam cum iam ramus eius tener fuerit et nata fuerint folia cognoscitis quia in proximo sit aestas

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23 - et ait illis utique dicetis mihi hanc similitudinem medice cura te ipsum quanta audivimus facta in Capharnaum fac et hic in patria tua

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - dicebat autem et similitudinem ad illos quia nemo commissuram a vestimento novo inmittit in vestimentum vetus alioquin et novum rumpit et veteri non convenit commissura a novo

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 - dicebat autem illis et similitudinem numquid potest caecus caecum ducere nonne ambo in foveam cadent

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4 - cum autem turba plurima conveniret et de civitatibus properarent ad eum dixit per similitudinem

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9 - interrogabant autem eum discipuli eius quae esset haec parabola

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - quibus ipse dixit vobis datum est nosse mysterium regni Dei ceteris autem in parabolis ut videntes non videant et audientes non intellegant

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:11 - est autem haec parabola semen est verbum Dei

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - dixit autem similitudinem ad illos dicens hominis cuiusdam divitis uberes fructus ager adtulit

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41 - ait autem ei Petrus Domine ad nos dicis hanc parabolam an et ad omnes

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 - dicebat autem hanc similitudinem arborem fici habebat quidam plantatam in vinea sua et venit quaerens fructum in illa et non invenit

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 - dicebat autem et ad invitatos parabolam intendens quomodo primos accubitus eligerent dicens ad illos

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:3 - et ait ad illos parabolam istam dicens

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 - dicebat autem et parabolam ad illos quoniam oportet semper orare et non deficere

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9 - dixit autem et ad quosdam qui in se confidebant tamquam iusti et aspernabantur ceteros parabolam istam

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11 - haec illis audientibus adiciens dixit parabolam eo quod esset prope Hierusalem et quia existimarent quod confestim regnum Dei manifestaretur

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 - coepit autem dicere ad plebem parabolam hanc homo plantavit vineam et locavit eam colonis et ipse peregre fuit multis temporibus

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 - et quaerebant principes sacerdotum et scribae mittere in illum manus illa hora et timuerunt populum cognoverunt enim quod ad ipsos dixerit similitudinem istam

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:29 - et dixit illis similitudinem videte ficulneam et omnes arbores

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - quae parabola est temporis instantis iuxta quam munera et hostiae offeruntur quae non possunt iuxta conscientiam perfectum facere servientem

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19 - arbitrans quia et a mortuis suscitare potens est Deus unde eum et in parabola accepit
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
VUL
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
VUL
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.