παραβολή, -ῆς, ἡ (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)
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G3850 — παραβολή
parabolē · parable · Greek
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Matthew 13:3 · παραβολαῖςHe spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.Matthew 13:10 · παραβολαῖςThe disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”Matthew 13:13 · παραβολαῖςTherefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.Matthew 13:18 · παραβολὴν“Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.Matthew 13:24 · παραβολὴνHe set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,Matthew 13:31 · παραβολὴνHe set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;Matthew 13:33 · παραβολὴνHe spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”Matthew 13:34 · παραβολαῖς · παραβολῆςJesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,Matthew 13:35 · παραβολαῖςthat it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”Matthew 13:36 · παραβολὴνThen Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”Matthew 13:53 · παραβολὰςIt happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.Matthew 15:15 · παραβολὴνPeter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”Matthew 21:33 · παραβολὴν“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.Matthew 21:45 · παραβολὰςWhen the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.Matthew 22:1 · παραβολαῖςJesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,Matthew 24:32 · παραβολήν·“Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.Mark 3:23 · παραβολαῖςHe summoned them, and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?Mark 4:2 · παραβολαῖςHe taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,Mark 4:10 · παραβολάς.When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.Mark 4:11 · παραβολαῖςHe said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,Mark 4:13 · παραβολὴν · παραβολὰςHe said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?Mark 4:30 · παραβολῇHe said, “How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?Mark 4:33 · παραβολαῖςWith many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.Mark 4:34 · παραβολῆςWithout a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.Mark 7:17 · παραβολήν.When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.Mark 12:1 · παραβολαῖςHe began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.Mark 12:12 · παραβολὴνThey tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.Mark 13:28 · παραβολήν·“Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;Luke 4:23 · παραβολὴνHe said to them, “Doubtless you will tell me this parable, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’”Luke 5:36 · παραβολὴνHe also told a parable to them. “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.Luke 6:39 · παραβολὴνHe spoke a parable to them. “Can the blind guide the blind? Won’t they both fall into a pit?Luke 8:4 · παραβολῆς·When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.Luke 8:9 · παραβολή;Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”Luke 8:10 · παραβολαῖςHe said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’Luke 8:11 · παραβολή·Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.Luke 12:16 · παραβολὴνHe spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.Luke 12:41 · παραβολὴνPeter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”Luke 13:6 · παραβολήν·He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.Luke 14:7 · παραβολὴνHe spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,Luke 15:3 · παραβολὴνHe told them this parable.Luke 18:1 · παραβολὴνHe also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,Luke 18:9 · παραβολὴνHe spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.Luke 19:11 · παραβολὴνAs they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.Luke 20:9 · παραβολὴνHe began to tell the people this parable. “A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.Luke 20:19 · παραβολὴνThe chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.Luke 21:29 · παραβολὴνHe told them a parable. “See the fig tree, and all the trees.Hebrews 9:9 · παραβολὴwhich is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshipper perfect;Hebrews 11:19 · παραβολῇconcluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.