παροιμία, -ας, ἡ (πάροιμος, by the way), [in LXX. Pr title Pro.1:1 25:1, (מָשַׁל) subscr., Sir.6:35 8:8 18:29 39:3 47:17 * ;] 1. a wayside saying (Hesych.; see LS, see word), a byword, maxim, proverb: 2Pe.2:22. 2. In NT, of figurative discourse (as מָשַׁל, Isa.14:4, al.), a parable, allegory: Jhn.10:6 16:25, 29 (see Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.).† SYN.: παραβολή, q.v (AS)
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G3942 — παροιμία
paroimia · proverb · Greek
4 tagged verse occurrences
John 10:6 · παροιμίανThis parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.John 16:25 · παροιμίαις · παροιμίαιςThese things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.John 16:29 · παροιμίανHis disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no dark saying.2 Peter 2:22 · παροιμίας·It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.