parabole <3850>

parabolh parabole

Pronunciation	:	par-ab-ol-ay'
Origin	:	from 3846
Reference	:	TDNT - 5:744,773
PrtSpch	:	n f (noun feminime)
In Greek	:	parabolaiv 12, parabolav 4, parabolh 5, parabolhn 26, parabolhv 3
In NET	:	parable 22, parables 15, a parable 10, a sense 1, a symbol 1, proverb 1
In AV	:	parable 46, figure 2, comparison 1, proverb 1
Count	:	50
Definition	:	1) a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle 2) metaph. 2a) a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude 2b) an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated 2c) 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 2d) 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 3a) an aphorism, a maxim 4) a proverb 5) an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, a risk from 3846; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage: KJV -- comparison, figure, parable, proverb. see GREEK for 3846
Related Hebrew	:	lvm <04911>

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