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 · παροιμίανJesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.John 16:25 · παροιμίαις · παροιμίαιςI have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.John 16:29 · παροιμίανHis disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.2 Peter 2:22 · παροιμίας·Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”