parable

Greek Noun Female

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)

parable

Greek Noun Female

παραβολ-ή, ἡ, juxtaposition, comparison, τῶν βίων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν παραβολῇ by juxtaposition, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) comparison, illustration, analogy, τὴν π. ἀπρεπῆ πεποιῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. δὲ τὰ Σωκρατικά (distinguished from λόγος, apologue) [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) NT, parable, [NT]; type, Ep. Hebrew 9.9, 11.19. 4) by-word, proverb, [LXX+NT]; in bad sense, εἰς π. ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι [LXX] 5) objection to an argument, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) moving side by side, ἐκ παραβολῆς [νεῶν] μάχεσθαι to fight a sea-fight broadside to broadside, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] III) sidelong direction, obliquity, διὰ πολλῶν ἑλιγμῶν καὶ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+] IV) venture, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) Astron, conjunction, παραβολαὶ ἀλλήλων [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also falsa lectio for{περιβολή}, τοῦ ἡλίου [Refs 2nd c.AD+] VI) in Mathematics texts, division, opposed to multiplication, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; quotient, [Refs]section produced by division of a line, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] VII) Geometry texts, application, π. τῶν χωρίων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐκ τῆς π. γενηθέντα σημεῖα, of the foci of an ellipse or hyperbola, points found by application of an area to the axis, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] VII.2) parabola, because the square on the ordinate is equal to a rectangle whose height is equal to the abscissa applied to the parameter, [Refs] VIII) ={παράβολον} (see. παράβολος[Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage; comparison, figure, parable, proverb; from g3846 (παραβάλλω)