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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3850 - παραβολή

Transliteration

parabolḗ

Phonetics

par-ab-ol-ay'

Origin

from (G3846)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

5:744,773

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle
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
a pithy and instructive saying, involving some likeness or comparison and having preceptive or admonitory force
1. an aphorism, a maxim
a proverb
an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, a risk

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4911 ‑ מָשַׁל (maw‑shal');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (47)

Matthew 15

Mark 13

Luke 18

Hebrews 1

BSB (50)

Matthew 17

Mark 13

Luke 18

Hebrews 2

CSB (48)

Matthew 17

Mark 13

Luke 18

Hebrews 2

ESV (49)

Matthew 18

Mark 13

Luke 18

Hebrews 2

KJV (50)

Matthew 17

Mark 13

Luke 18

Hebrews 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (50)

Matthew 23

Mark 15

Luke 27

Hebrews 3

WEB (49)

Matthew 16

Mark 13

Luke 18

Hebrews 2

YLT (48)

Matthew 17

Mark 12

Luke 17

Hebrews 2

ASV (47)

a figure 1

a parable 8

also a parable 1

her parable 2

parable 16

parables 14

the parable 3

the parables 2

BSB (50)

a parable 9

a sense 1

an illustration 1

lesson 2

parable 20

parables 15

proverb 1

this parable 1

CSB (48)

illustration 1

parable 27

parables 12

proverb 1

symbol 1

the parable 4

the parables 2

ESV (49)

lesson 2

parable 29

parables 16

proverb 1

symbolic 1

KJV (50)

comparison 1

figure 2

parable 31

parables 15

proverb 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (50)

advice 1

illustrate 1

illustration 8

illustrations 3

lesson 2

parable 8

parables 12

proverb 1

sense 1

stories 1

story 12

WEB (49)

a parable 10

figuratively 1

is a symbol 1

of the parables 1

parable 14

parables 14

the parable 5

the parables 1

this parable 2

YLT (48)

[is] a simile 1

a figure 1

a simile 8

also a simile 1

simile 22

similes 15

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APF 4

N-ASF 25

N-DPF 12

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 3

ANT

N-APF 3

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 12

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 3

BEZ

N-APF 4

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 12

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 3

BGB

N-APF 3

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 12

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 3

BMT

N-APF 3

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 12

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 3

BYZ

N-APF 3

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 12

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 3

ELZ

N-APF 4

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 11

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 3

PREP 1

NA26

N-APF 4

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 12

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 3

SBL

N-APF 3

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 12

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 3

SCV

N-APF 3

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 12

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 3

STV

N-APF 4

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 12

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 3

TIS

N-APF 3

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 12

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 3

N-APF 4

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 12

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 3

TRG

N-APF 4

N-ASF 26

N-DPF 11

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 3

N-NSF 3

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

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.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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; (); Mark 4:2, 10,(),f; (); ,(); 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); (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.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

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.

List of Word Forms

παραβολαις παραβολαίς παραβολαῖς παραβολας παραβολάς παραβολὰς παραβολη παραβολή παραβολὴ παραβολῇ παραβολην παραβολήν παραβολὴν παραβολης παραβολής παραβολῆς παραβολών parabolais parabolaîs parabolas parabolás parabolàs parabole parabolē parabolḗ parabolḕ parabolêi parabolē̂i parabolen parabolēn parabolḗn parabolḕn paraboles parabolês parabolēs parabolē̂s