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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10 - And the disciples came, and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - Therefore I speak to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 - Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - Another parable he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 - Another parable he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 - Another parable he spoke to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34 - All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable he spoke not to them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 - Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came to him, saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 - And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15 - Then answered Peter and said to him, Declare to us this parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - Hear another parable; There was a certain householder, who planted a vineyard, and hedged it around, and digged a wine-press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a remote country:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 - And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1 - And Jesus answered, and spoke to them again by parables, and said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32 - Now learn a parable of the fig-tree; When its branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23 - And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:2 - And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10 - And when he was alone, they that were about him, with the twelve, asked of him the parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11 - And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13 - And he said to them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30 - And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33 - And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:34 - But without a parable he spoke not to them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 - And when he had entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - And he began to speak to them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a place for the wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 - And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:28 - Now learn a parable of the fig-tree: When its branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23 - And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - And he spoke also a parable to them: No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old: if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new, agreeth not with the old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 - And he spoke a parable to them; Can the blind lead the blind? will they not both fall into the ditch?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4 - And when many people were collected, and had come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9 - And his disciples asked him, saying, What doth this parable mean?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41 - Then Peter said to him, Lord, speakest thou this parable to us, or even to all?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 - He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit on it, and found none.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 - And he put forth a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:3 - And he spoke this parable to them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 - And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9 - And he spoke this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11 - And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 - Then he began to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 - And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:29 - And he spoke to them a parable; Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19 - Accounting that God was able to raise him even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
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