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
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John 10:6 · παροιμίανJesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.John 16:25 · παροιμίαις · παροιμίαιςI have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.John 16:29 · παροιμίανHis disciples said to him, “Behold, now you speak plainly, and speak no figures of speech.2 Peter 2:22 · παροιμίας·But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,” and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”