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Strong's numbers

παραβολή G3850

parabolḗ

par-ab-ol-ay'

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

Abbott–Smith

παραβολή, -ῆς, ἡ (< παραβάλλω), [in LXX (cf. McNeile, Mt., 185): Nu 23:7, De 28:37, Ps 43 (44):14, Pr 1:6, Ez 12:22, al. (מָשָׁל), Si 47:17 (חִידָה), al. mutt. in Si, Wi 5:3;]
1. a placing beside, juxtaposition (Polyb., al.).
2. a comparing, comparison (Plat., Arist., al.).
3. a comparison, illustration, analogy, figure (Arist., al.): Mt 24:32, Mk 3:23, He 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: Mt 13:3, 10, Mk 4:2, 10, Lk 8:4, 9-11, al.; c. gen. ref., Mt 13:18, 36.
4 Like Heb. מָשָׁל (I Ki 10:12, Pr 1:6, Si 3:29, al.), = παροιμία, a proverb or gnomic saying: Lk 4:23 5:36 6:39.

SYN.: παροιμία (v. Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.).

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.

48 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Matthew 13:53
    And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
  • Matthew 15:15
    Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
  • Matthew 21:33
    Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
  • Matthew 21:45
    And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
  • Matthew 22:1
    And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
  • Matthew 24:32
    Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
  • Mark 3:23
    And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
  • Mark 4:2
    And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
  • Mark 4:10
    And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
  • Mark 4:11
    And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: