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παροιμία

Transliteration paroimia		Pronunciation pä-roi-mē'-ä (Key)
Part of Speech feminine noun		Root Word (Etymology) From a compound of παρά (G3844) and perhaps a derivative of οἴομαι (G3633)
TDNT Reference 5:854,790	Vines View Entry

1) a saying out of the usual course or deviating from the usual manner of speaking

a) a current or trite saying, a proverb

2) any dark saying which shadows forth some didactic truth

a) esp. a symbolic or figurative saying

b) speech or discourse in which a thing is illustrated by the use of similes and comparisons

c) an allegory

1) extended and elaborate metaphor

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Strong's Number G3942 matches the Greek παροιμία (paroimia), which occurs 8 times in 4 verses in the Greek concordance of the NASB
Page 1 / 1 (Jhn 10:6 - 2Pe 2:22)
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Jhn 10:6	This ³⁷⁷⁸ figure of speech³⁹⁴² Jesus ²⁴²⁴ spoke ³⁰⁰⁴ to them ⁸⁴⁶, but ¹¹⁶¹ they ¹⁵⁶⁵ did not ³⁷⁵⁶ understand ¹⁰⁹⁷ what ⁵¹⁰¹ those things were ¹⁵¹⁰ which ³⁷³⁹ He had been saying ²⁹⁸⁰ to them ⁸⁴⁶.
Jhn 16:25	"These ³⁷⁷⁸ things ³⁷⁷⁸ I have spoken ²⁹⁸⁰ to you in figurative³⁹⁴² language³⁹⁴²; an hour ⁵⁶¹⁰ is coming ²⁰⁶⁴ when ³⁷⁵³ I will no ³⁷⁶⁵ longer ³⁷⁶⁵ speak ²⁹⁸⁰ to you in figurative³⁹⁴² language³⁹⁴², but will tell ⁵¹⁸ you plainly ³⁹⁵⁴ of the Father ³⁹⁶².
Jhn 16:29	His disciples ³¹⁰¹ said ³⁰⁰⁴, "Lo ²³⁹⁶, now ³⁵⁶⁸ You are speaking ²⁹⁸⁰ plainly ³⁹⁵⁴ and are not using ³⁰⁰⁴ a figure³⁹⁴² of speech³⁹⁴².
2Pe 2:22	It has happened ⁴⁸¹⁹ to them ⁸⁴⁶ according to the true ²²⁷ proverb³⁹⁴², "A DOG ²⁹⁶⁵ RETURNS ¹⁹⁹⁴ TO ¹⁹⁰⁹ ITS OWN ²³⁹⁸ VOMIT ¹⁸²⁹," and ²⁵³², "A sow ⁵³⁰⁰, after washing ³⁰⁶⁸, returns to ¹⁵¹⁹ wallowing ²⁹⁴⁶ in the mire ¹⁰⁰⁴."

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