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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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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, (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.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 -

And He told G2980 them many G4183 things G4183 in parables G3850, saying G3004, “Behold G2400, the sower G4687 went G1831 out G1831 to sow G4687;

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10 -

And the disciples G3101 came G4334 up G4334 and said G3004 to Him, “Why G1223 G5101 do You speak G2980 to them in parables G3850?”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - “Therefore G1223 G3778 I speak G2980 to them in parables G3850; because G3754 while seeing G991 they do not see G991, and while hearing G191 they do not hear G191, nor G3761 do they understand G4920.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 -

“Listen G191 then G3767 to the parable G3850 of the sower G4687.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 -

Jesus presented G3908 another G243 parable G3850 to them, saying G3004, “The kingdom G932 of heaven G3772 [fn]is G3666 like G3666 a man G444 who sowed G4687 good G2570 seed G4690 in his field G68.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 -

He presented G3908 another G243 parable G3850 to them, saying G3004, “The kingdom G932 of heaven G3772 is like G3664 a mustard G4615 seed G2848, which G3739 a person G444 took G2983 and sowed G4687 in his field G68;

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 -

He spoke G2980 another G243 parable G3850 to them: “The kingdom G932 of heaven G3772 is like G3664 [fn]leaven G2219, which G3739 a woman G1135 took G2983 and hid G1470 in three G5140 [fn]sata G4568 of flour G224 until G2193 it was all G3650 leavened G2220.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34 -

All G3956 these G3778 things G3778 Jesus G2424 spoke G2980 to the crowds G3793 in parables G3850, and He did not speak G2980 anything G3762 to them without G5565 a parable G3850.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - This was so G3704 that G3704 what G3588 was spoken G3004 through G1223 the prophet G4396 would be [fn]fulfilled G4137:

“I WILL OPEN G455 MY MOUTH G4750 IN PARABLES G3850;

I WILL PROCLAIM G2044 THINGS G2928 HIDDEN G2928 SINCE G575 THE FOUNDATION G2602 OF THE WORLD G2889.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 -

Then G5119 He left G863 the crowds G3793 and went G2064 into the house G3614. And His disciples G3101 came G4334 to Him and said G3004, “Explain G1285 to us the parable G3850 of the [fn]weeds G2215 of the field G68.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 -

When G3753 Jesus G2424 had finished G5055 these G3778 parables G3850, He departed G3332 from G1564 there G1564.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:15 -

Peter G4074 [fn]said G3004 to Him, “Explain G5419 the parable G3850 to us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:33 -

“Listen G191 to another G243 parable G3850. There was a [fn]landowner G3617 who G3748 PLANTED G5452 A VINEYARD G290 AND PUT G4060 A [fn]FENCE G5418 AROUND G4060 IT, AND DUG G3736 A WINE G3025 PRESS G3025 IN IT, AND BUILT G3618 A TOWER G4444, and he leased G1554 it to [fn]vine-growers G1092 and went G589 on G589 a G589 journey G589.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:45 -

When the chief G749 priests G749 and the Pharisees G5330 heard G191 His parables G3850, they understood G1097 that He was speaking G3004 about G4012 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:1 -

Jesus G2424 spoke G3004 to them again G3825 in parables G3850, saying G3004,

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32 -

“Now G1161 learn G3129 the parable G3850 from the fig G4808 tree G4808: as soon G3752 G2235 as its branch G2798 has become G1096 tender G527 and sprouts G1631 its leaves G5444, you know G1097 that summer G2330 is near G1451;

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:23 - And so He called G4341 them to Himself and began speaking G3004 to them in parables G3850: “How G4459 can G1410 Satan G4567 cast G1544 out G1544 Satan G4567?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:2 - And He was teaching G1321 them many G4183 things G4183 in parables G3850, and was saying G3004 to them in His teaching G1322,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:10 -

As soon G3753 as He was alone G3441, [fn]His followers G3588 G4012, along G4862 with the twelve G1427 disciples, began asking G2065 Him about the parables G3850.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:11 - And He was saying G3004 to them, “To you has been given G1325 the mystery G3466 of the kingdom G932 of God G2316, but for those G1565 who are outside G1854, everything G3956 comes G1096 in parables G3850,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:13 -

And He *said G3004 to them, “Do you not understand G6063 this G3778 parable G3850? How G4459 will you understand G1097 all G3956 the parables G3850?

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:30 -

And He was saying G3004, “How G4459 shall we [fn]picture G3666 the kingdom G932 of God G2316, or G2228 by what G5101 parable G3850 shall we present G5087 it?

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:33 -

And with many G4183 such G5108 parables G3850 He was speaking G2980 the word G3056 to them, so G2531 far G2531 as G2531 they were able G1410 to [fn]understand G191 it;

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:34 - and He did not speak G2980 to them without G5565 a parable G3850; but He was explaining G1956 everything G3956 privately G2596 G2398 to His own G2398 disciples G3101.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:17 -

And when G3753 He later entered G1525 a house G3624, away G575 from the crowd G3793, His disciples G3101 asked G1905 Him about the parable G3850.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:1 -

And He began G757 to speak G2980 to them in parables G3850: “A man G444 planted G5452 a vineyard G290 and put G4060 a [fn]fence G5418 around G4060 it, and dug G3736 a vat G5276 under G5276 the G5276 wine G5276 press G5276 and built G3618 a tower G4444, and leased G1554 it to [fn]vine-growers G1092 and went G589 on G589 a G589 journey G589.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 -

And they were seeking G2212 to seize G2902 Him, and yet they feared G5399 the [fn]people G3793, for they understood G1097 that He told G3004 the parable G3850 against G4314 them. And so they left G863 Him and went G565 away G565.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:28 -

“Now G1161 learn G3129 the parable G3850 from the fig G4808 tree G4808: as soon G3752 G2235 as its branch G2798 has become G1096 tender G527 and sprouts G1631 its leaves G5444, you know G1097 that summer G2330 is near G1451.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:23 - And He said G3004 to them, “No G3843 doubt G3843 you will [fn]quote G3004 this G3778 proverb G3850 to Me: ‘Physician G2395, heal G2323 yourself G4572! All G3745 the miracles that we heard G191 were done G1096 in Capernaum G2584, do G4160 here G5602 in Your hometown G3968 as G2532 well G2532.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:36 - And He was also G2532 telling G3004 them a parable G3850: “No G3762 one G3762 tears G4977 a piece G1915 of G1915 cloth G1915 from a new G2537 garment G2440 and puts G1911 it on an old G3820 garment G2440; otherwise G1490 he will both G2532 tear G4977 the new G2537, and the patch G1915 from the new G2537 garment will not match G4856 the old G3820.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:39 -

Now G1161 He also G2532 spoke G3004 a parable G3850 to them: “A person G5185 who G5185 is G5185 blind G5185 cannot G1410 G3385 guide G3594 another who G5185 is G5185 blind G5185, can he? Will they not both G297 fall G1706 into a pit G999?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:4 -

Now G1161 when a large G4183 crowd G3793 was coming G4896 together G4896, and those G3588 from the various G2596 cities G4172 were journeying G1975 to Him, He spoke G3004 by way G1223 of a parable G3850:

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:9 -

Now G1161 His disciples G3101 began asking G1905 Him what G5101 this G3778 parable G3850 [fn]meant G1510.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:10 - And He said G3004, “To you it has been granted G1325 to know G1097 the [fn]mysteries G3466 of the kingdom G932 of God G2316, but to the rest G3062 they are told in parables G3850, so G2443 that G2443 [fn]while seeing G991 they may not see G991, and [fn]while hearing G191 they may not understand G4920.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:11 -

“Now G1161 this G3778 is the parable G3850: the seed G4703 is the word G3056 of God G2316.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:16 - And He told G3004 them a parable G3850, saying G3004, “The land G5561 of a rich G4145 man G444 was very G2164 productive G2164.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:41 -

Peter G4074 said G3004, “Lord G2962, are You telling G3004 this G3778 parable G3850 to us, or G2228 to everyone G3956 else as G2532 well G2532?”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:6 -

And He began telling G3004 this G3778 parable G3850: “A man G5100 had G2192 a fig G4808 tree G4808 which had been planted G5452 in his vineyard G290; and he came G2064 looking G2212 for G2212 fruit G2590 on it and did not find G2147 any.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:7 -

Now G1161 He began telling G3004 a parable G3850 to the invited G2564 guests G2564 when He noticed G1907 how G4459 they had been picking G1586 out G1586 the places G4411 of G4411 honor G4411 at the table, saying G3004 to them,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:3 -

And so He told G3004 them this G3778 parable G3850, saying G3004,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:1 -

Now G1161 He was telling G3004 them a parable G3850 to show G4314 that at all G3842 times G3842 they ought G1163 to pray G4336 and not become G6023 discouraged G6023,

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:9 -

Now G1161 He also G2532 told G3004 this G3778 parable G3850 to some G5100 people G5100 who trusted G3982 in themselves G1438 that they were righteous G1342, and viewed G1848 others G3062 with G1848 contempt G1848:

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11 -

Now while they were listening G191 to these G3778 things G3778, Jesus went G4369 on G4369 to tell G3004 a parable G3850, because G1223 He was near G1451 Jerusalem G2419 and they thought G1380 that the kingdom G932 of God G2316 was G3195 going G3195 to G3195 appear G398 immediately G3916.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:9 -

But He began G757 to tell G3004 the people G2992 this G3778 parable G3850: “A man G444 planted G5452 a vineyard G290 and leased G1554 it to [fn]vine-growers G1092, and went G589 on G589 a G589 journey G589 for a long G2425 time G5550.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:19 -

The scribes G1122 and the chief G749 priests G749 tried G2212 to lay G1911 hands G5495 on Him that very G846 hour G5610, and yet they feared G5399 the people G2992; for they were aware G1097 that He had spoken G3004 this G3778 parable G3850 against G4314 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:29 -

And He told G3004 them a parable G3850: “Look G3708 at the fig G4808 tree G4808 and all G3956 the trees G1186:

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:9 - which G3748 is a symbol G3850 for the present G1764 time G2540. Accordingly G2596 both G5037 gifts G1435 and sacrifices G2378 are offered G4374 which cannot G1410 G3361 make G5048 the worshiper G3000 perfect G5048 in conscience G4893,
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19 - [fn]He considered G3049 that God G2316 is able G1415 to raise G1453 people even G2532 from the dead G3498, from G3606 which G3606 he also G2532 received G2865 him back G2865 [fn]as a [fn]type G3850.
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