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Strong's #3850 - παραβολή
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παραβολ-ή, ἡ,
juxtaposition, comparison, τῶν βίων Pl. Phlb. 33b; π. καὶ σύγκρισις Plb. 1.2.2; ἐν παραβολῇ by juxtaposition, Arist. Top. 104a28, cf. 157a14; ἐκ παραβολῆς Id. Rh. 1420a4.
2. comparison, illustration, analogy, τὴν π. ἀπρεπῆ πεποιῆσθαι Isoc. 12.227; π. δὲ τὰ Σωκρατικά (distd. from λόγος, apologue) Arist. Rh. 1393b3; ἐκ τῶν θηρίων ποιεῖσθαι τὴν π. Id. Pol. 1264b4.
3. NT, parable, Mark 12:1, al.; type, Hebrews 9:9; Hebrews 11:19.
4. by-word, proverb, LXX Ezekiel 18:2, Luke 4:23; in bad sense, εἰς π. ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι LXX Psalms 44:14(43).14, cf. Wi. 5.3.
5. objection to an argument, Phld. Rh. 1.5 S.
II moving side by side, ἐκ παραβολῆς [νεῶν] μάχεσθαι to fight a sea-fight broadside to broadside, Plb. 15.2.13, cf. D.S. 14.60.
III sidelong direction, obliquity, διὰ πολλῶν ἑλιγμῶν καὶ π. Plu. Arat. 22. venture, D.S. 27.17, v.l. in Th. 1.131. Astron., conjunction, παραβολαὶ ἀλλήλων Pl. Ti. 40c, cf. Procl. in Ti. 3.146 D., Plot. 3.1.5, Iamb. Myst. 9.4: also f.l. for περιβολή, τοῦ ἡλίου Max.Tyr. 17.9. Math., division, opp. multiplication, Dioph. 4.22; quotient, ib. 10: hence, section produced by division of a line, Nicom. Ar. 2.27. Geom., application, π. τῶν χωρίων Pythag. ap. Procl. in Euc. p.419 F.; τὰ ἐκ τῆς π. γενηθέντα σημεῖα, of the foci of an ellipse or hyperbola, points found by application of an area to the axis, Apollon.Perg. Con. 3.45, cf. 48.
2. parabola, because the square on the ordinate is equal to a rectangle whose height is equal to the abscissa applied to the parameter, ib. 1.11. = παράβολον (v. παράβολος III. 1), Arist. Oec. 1348b13 (vv. ll. παράβολον, -βόλιον), OGI 41.5 (Samos, iii B. C., pl.). PPetr. 3p.232 (iii B. C., pl.).
παραβολή , -ῆς , ἡ
(< παραβάλλω ),
[in LXX (cf. McNeile, Mt., 185): Numbers 23:7, Deuteronomy 28:37, Psalms 44:14, Proverbs 1:6, Ezekiel 12:22, al. (H4911 ), Sirach 47:17 (H2420), al. mutt. in Sir, Wisdom of Solomon 5:3;]
1. a placing beside, juxtaposition (Polyb., al.).
2. a comparing, comparison (Plat., Arist., al.).
3. a comparison, illustration, analogy, figure (Arist., al.) : Matthew 24:32, Mark 3:23, Hebrews 9:9; Hebrews 11:19; specif. of the pictures and narratives drawn from nature and human life which are characteristic of the synoptic teaching of our Lord, a parable: Matthew 13:3; Matthew 13:10 Mark 4:2; Mark 4:10, Luke 8:4; Luke 8:9-11, al.; c. gen. ref., Matthew 13:18; Matthew 13:36.
4 Like Heb. H4911 (1 Samuel 10:12, Proverbs 1:6, Sirach 3:29, al.), = παροιμία , a proverb or gnomic saying: Luke 4:23; Luke 5:36; Luke 6:39.
SYN.: παροιμία G3942 (v. Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.).
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παροργισμός does not seem to occur outside Biblical Greek. In the LXX it is used as a rule with an active meaning ";provocation,"; but in its only NT occurrence, Ephesians 4:26, it points rather to a state of provocation, ";wrath"; : see Armitage Robinson Eph. ad l.
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