1) a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle
2) metaphorically
2a) a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude
2b) an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated
2c) a narrative, fictitious but agreeable to the laws and usages of human life, by which either the duties of men or the things of God, particularly the nature and history of God's kingdom are figuratively portrayed
2d) a parable: an earthly story with a heavenly meaning
3) a pithy and instructive saying, involving some likeness or comparison and having preceptive or admonitory force
3a) an aphorism, a maxim
4) a proverb
5) an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, a risk
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Citing in TDNT: 5:744, 773
G3850
From G3846; a similitude ("parable"), that is, (symbolically) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apoth gm or adage: - comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
| Gloss | Section |
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| a parable | 33.15 |
| (παρατίθημι τὴν παραβολήν) tell a parable | 33.16 |
| (ἐν παραβολῇ) figuratively | 33.17 |
| b archetype | 58.63 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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