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

Matthew 13:3

And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Matthew 13:13

This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

Matthew 13:33

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.”

Matthew 13:10

Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

Matthew 13:35

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.”

Matthew 13:24

Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:34

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

Matthew 13:31

He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

Matthew 13:18

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).

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