Strong's #3850: parabole (pronounced par-ab-ol-ay')

from 3846; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:--comparison, figure, parable, proverb.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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parabolē

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

Relation: from G3846

Citing in TDNT: 5:744, 773

Usage:

This word is used 50 times:

 

Matthew 13:3: "many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth"
Matthew 13:10: "speakest thou unto them in parables?"
Matthew 13:13: "Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see"
Matthew 13:18: "ye therefore the parable of the sower."
Matthew 13:24: "Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven"
Matthew 13:31: "Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven"
Matthew 13:33: "Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is"
Matthew 13:34: "unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake"
Matthew 13:34: "parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:"
Matthew 13:35: "my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation"
Matthew 13:36: "unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares"
Matthew 13:53: "Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence."
Matthew 15:15: "Declare unto us this parable."
Matthew 21:33: "Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted"
Matthew 21:45: "Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of"
Matthew 22:1: "unto them again by parables, and said,"
Matthew 24:32: "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his"
Mark 3:23: "said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out"
Mark 4:2: "them many things by parables, and said unto them in"
Mark 4:10: "asked of him the parable."
Mark 4:11: "all these things are done in parables:"
Mark 4:13: "Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all"
Mark 4:13: "how then will ye know all parables?"
Mark 4:30: "or with what comparison shall we compare it?"
Mark 4:33: "And with many such parables spake he the word unto them,"
Mark 4:34: "But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone,"
Mark 7:17: "him concerning the parable."
Mark 12:1: "to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and"
Mark 12:12: "that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left"
Mark 13:28: "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her"
Luke 4:23: "say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever"
Luke 5:36: "And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth"
Luke 6:39: "And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead"
Luke 8:4: "out of every city, he spake by a parable:"
Luke 8:9: "saying, What might this parable be?"
Luke 8:10: "but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see,"
Luke 8:11: "Now the parable is this: The seed is"
Luke 12:16: "And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground"
Luke 12:41: "Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even"
Luke 13:6: "He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted"
Luke 14:7: "And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out"
Luke 15:3: "And he spake this parable unto them, saying,"
Luke 18:1: "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray,"
Luke 18:9: "he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in"
Luke 19:11: "these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem,"
Luke 20:9: "the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard,"
Luke 20:19: "that he had spoken this parable against them."
Luke 21:29: "And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and"
Hebrews 9:9: "Which was a figure for the time then present, in which"
Hebrews 11:19: "he received him in a figure."