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Lexicon :: Strong's G3850 - parabolē

Aa
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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10 - And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 - Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 - And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 - He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 - Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34 - All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 - Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 - And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15 - Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 - Give ear to another story. A master of a house made a vine garden, and put a wall round it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and made a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 - And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1 - And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32 - Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23 - And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:2 - And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10 - And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11 - And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13 - And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30 - And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33 - And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:34 - And without a story he said nothing to them: but privately to his disciples he made all things clear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 - And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 - And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 - And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:28 - Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23 - And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 - And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4 - And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9 - And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41 - And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 - And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 - And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:3 - And he made a story for them, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 - And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9 - And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11 - And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 - And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 - And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:29 - And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19 - Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.
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