Strong's Greek · G3850
παραβολή
parabolḗ
comparison, figure, parable, proverb
Definition
a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage
Derivation
from G3846 (παραβάλλω);
Appears 50 times in Scripture
“And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.”
“This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’”
“He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.””
“Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?””
“So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.””
“Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.”
“Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.”
“He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.”
“Consider, then, the parable of the sower:”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).