G3850: παραβολή
parabolḗ · “parable”
Definition
a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage
KJV translates it as: comparison, figure, parable, proverb
Word origin: from G3846 (παραβάλλω);
Extended definition
(παραβάλλω), [in LXX (cf. McNeile, Mt., 185): Num.23:7, Deu.28:37, Psa.44:14, Pro.1:6, Eze.12:22, al. (מָשַׁל), Sir.47:17 (חִידָה), al. mutt. in Sir, Wis.5:3 ;]
1. a placing beside, juxtaposition (Polyb., al.).
2. a comparing, comparison (Plat., Arist., al.).
3. a comparison, illustration, analogy, figure (Arist., al.) : Mat.24:32, Mrk.3:23, Heb.9:9 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: Mat.13:3, 10 Mrk.4:2, 10, Luk.8:4, 9-11, al.; with genitive ref., Mat.13:18, 36
4 4 Like Heb. מָשַׁל (1Ki.10:12, Pro.1:6, Sir.3:29, al.), = παροιμία, a proverb or gnomic saying: Luk.4:23 5:36 6:39
SYN.: παροιμία (see Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.) (AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3850 is translated
- parables ×16
- parable ×16
- a parable ×8
- parable: ×4
- parables. ×1
- parable. ×1
- proverb ×1
- a parable: ×1
- a symbol ×1
- a simile ×1
Bible verses with G3850 (parabolḗ)
Parabolḗ appears in 48 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Matthew 13:3
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
- Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
- Matthew 13:13
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
- Matthew 13:18
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
- Matthew 13:24
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
- Matthew 13:31
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
- Matthew 13:33
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- Matthew 13:34
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
- Matthew 13:35
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
- Matthew 13:36
Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
- Matthew 13:53
And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
- Matthew 15:15
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
- Matthew 21:33
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
- Matthew 21:45
And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
- Matthew 22:1
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
- Matthew 24:32
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
- Mark 3:23
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
- Mark 4:2
And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
- Mark 4:10
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
- Mark 4:11
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
- Mark 4:13
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
- Mark 4:30
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
- Mark 4:33
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
- Mark 4:34
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
- Mark 7:17
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.