- παραβολή
- juxta-position, comparison
- παραβολή
- a parable, comparison
- (a) a comparison, (b) a parable, often of those uttered by our Lord, (c) a proverb, an adage.
- παραβολή
- parable
- G:N-F
- παραβολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< παραβάλλω), [in LXX (cf. McNeile, Mt., 185):(מָשַׁל), Sir.47:17 (חִידָה), al. mutt. in Sir, Wis.5:3 ;]Refs
Num.23:7, Deu.28:37, Psa.44:14, Pro.1:6, Eze.12:22, al.
__1. a placing beside, juxtaposition (Polyb., al.).
__2. a comparing, comparison (Plat., Arist., al.).
__3. a comparison, illustration, analogy, figure (Arist., al.) :; specif. of the pictures and narratives drawn from nature and human life which are characteristic of the synoptic teaching of our Lord, a parable:Refs
Mat.24:32, Mrk.3:23, Heb.9:9 11:19; with genitive ref.,Refs
Mat.13:3, 10 Mrk.4:2, 10, Luk.8:4, 9-11, al.Refs
Mat.13:18, 36
__4 4 Like Heb. מָשַׁל (), = παροιμία, a proverb or gnomic saying:Refs
1Ki.10:12, Pro.1:6, Sir.3:29, al.Refs
Luk.4:23 5:36 6:39
SYN.: παροιμία (see Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.) (AS)
1) a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle
2) metaph.
2a) a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude
2b) an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated
2c) 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
2d) 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
3a) an aphorism, a maxim
4) a proverb
5) an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, a risk
2) metaph.
2a) a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude
2b) an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated
2c) 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
2d) 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
3a) an aphorism, a maxim
4) a proverb
5) an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, a risk
παραβολή
parabolē
par-ab-ol-ay'
From G3846; a similitude (“parable”), that is, (symbolically) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apoth gm or adage
KJV Usage: comparison, figure, parable, proverb.