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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.

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48 occurrences

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

• Mark 4:13
  And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
• Mark 4:30
  And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
• Mark 4:33
  And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
• Mark 4:34
  But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
• Mark 7:17
  And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
• Mark 12:1
  And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
• Mark 12:12
  And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
• Mark 13:28
  Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
• Luke 4:23
  And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
• Luke 5:36
  And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.

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48 in the Septuagint, in 47 verses

The first 40, in the order of the Septuagint’s books.

• Numbers 23:7
  καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν Ἐκ Μεσοποταμίας μετεπέμψατό με Βαλάκ, βασιλεὺς Μωὰβ ἐξ ὀρέων ἀπ’ ἀνατολῶν, λέγων Δεῦρο ἄρασαί μοι τὸν Ἰακώβ, καὶ δεῦρο ἐπικατάρασαί μοι τὸν Ἰσραήλ;
• Numbers 23:18
  καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν Ἀνάστηθι Βαλάκ, καὶ ἄκουε· ἐνώτισαι μάρτυς, υἱὸς Σεπφώρ.
• Numbers 24:3
  καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν Φησὶν Βαλαὰμ υἱὸς Βεώρ, φησὶν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ ἀληθινῶς ὁρῶν,
• Numbers 24:15
  καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν Φησὶν Βαλαὰμ υἱὸς Βεώρ, φησὶν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ ἀληθινὸς ὁρῶν,
• Numbers 24:20
  καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν Ἀμαλὴκ καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν Ἀρχὴ ἐθνῶν Ἀμαλήκ, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτῶν ἀπολεῖται.
• Numbers 24:21
  καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν Κεναῖον καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν Ἰσχυρὰ ἡ κατοικία σου· καὶ ἐὰν θῇς ἐν πέτρᾳ τὴν νοσσιάν σου,
• Numbers 24:23
  καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν Ὢγ καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν Ὦ ὦ, τίς ζήσεται ὅταν θῇ ταῦτα ὁ θεός;
• Deuteronomy 28:37
  καὶ ἔσῃ ἐκεῖ ἐν αἰνίγματι καὶ παραβολῇ καὶ διηγήματι ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εἰς οὓς ἀπαγάγῃ σε Κύριος ἐκεῖ.
• 1 Kingdoms 10:12
  καὶ ἀπεκρίθη τις αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπεν Καὶ τίς πατὴρ αὐτοῦ; διὰ τοῦτο ἐγενήθη εἰς παραβολήν Ἦ καὶ Σαοὺλ ἐν προφήταις;
• 1 Kingdoms 24:14
  καθὼς λέγεται ἡ παραβολὴ ἡ ἀρχαία Ἐξ ἀνόμων ἐξελεύσεται πλημμελία· καὶ ἡ χείρ μου οὐκ ἔσται ἐπὶ σέ.
• 2 Kingdoms 23:3
  λέγει ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραήλ· ἐμοὶ ἐλάλησεν φύλαξ ἐξ Ἰσραήλ Παραβολὴν εἰπόν Ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ πῶς κραταιώσητε φόβον χριστοῦ;
• 3 Kingdoms 4:28
  καὶ ἐλάλησεν Σαλωμὼν τρισχιλίας παραβολάς, καὶ ἦσαν ᾠδαὶ αὐτοῦ πεντακισχίλιαι.
• 2 Chronicles 7:20
  καὶ ἐξαρῶ ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἧς ἔδωκα αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ὃν ἡγίασα τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἀποστρέψω ἐκ προσώπου μου, καὶ δώσω αὐτὸν εἰς παραβολὴν καὶ εἰς διήγημα ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν.
• Tobit (B + A) 3:4
  παρήκουσαν γὰρ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου· ἔδωκας ἡμᾶς εἰς διαρπαγὴν καὶ αἰχμαλωσίαν καὶ θάνατον καὶ παραβολὴν ὀνειδισμοῦ πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἐν οἷς ἐσκορπίσμεθα.
• Psalms 43:15
  ἔθου ἡμᾶς εἰς παραβολὴν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, κίνησιν κεφαλῆς ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς.
• Psalms 48:5
  κλινῶ εἰς παραβολὴν τὸ οὖς μου, ἀνοίξω ἐν ψαλτηρίῳ τὸ πρόβλημά μου.
• Psalms 68:12
  καὶ ἐθέμην τὸ ἔνδυμά μου σάκκον, καὶ ἐγενόμην αὐτοῖς εἰς παραβολήν.
• Psalms 77:2
  ἀνοίξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὸ στόμα μου, φθέγξομαι προβλήματα ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς.
• Proverbs 1:6
  νοήσει τε παραβολὴν καὶ σκοτεινὸν λόγον ῥήσεις τε σοφῶν καὶ αἰνίγματα.
• Ecclesiastes 1:17
  Καὶ καρδία μου εἶδε πολλὰ, σοφίαν καὶ γνῶσιν, παραβολὰς καὶ ἐπιστήμην· ἔγνων ἐγώ ὅτι καί γε τοῦτό ἐστι προαίρεσις πνεύματος·
• Ecclesiastes 12:9
  Καὶ περισσὸν ὅτι ἐγένετο Ἐκκλησιαστὴς σοφὸς, ὅτι ἐδίδαξε γνῶσιν σὺν τὸν ἄνθρωπον, καὶ οὖς ἐξιχνιάσεται κόσμιον παραβολῶν.
• Wisdom 5:3
  ἐροῦσιν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς μετανοοῦντες, καὶ διὰ στενοχωρίαν πνεύματος στενάξονται Οὗτος ἦν ὃν ἔσχομέν ποτε εἰς γέλωτα καὶ εἰς παραβολὴν ὀνειδισμοῦ,
• Wisdom 5:4
  καὶ εἰς παραβολὴν ὀνειδισμοῦ, οἱ ἄφρονες· τὸν βίον αὐτοῦ ἐλογισάμεθα μανίαν καὶ τὴν τελευτὴν αὐτοῦ ἄτιμον·
• Sirach 1:25
  ἐν θησαυροῖς σοφίας παραβολή· ἐπιστήμης, βδέλυγμα δὲ ἁμαρτωλῷ θεοσέβεια.
• Sirach 3:29
  καρδία συνετοῦ διανοηθήσεται παραβολήν, καὶ οὖς ἀκροατοῦ ἐπιθυμία σοφοῦ.
• Sirach 13:26
  ἴχνος καρδίας ἐν ἀγαθοῖς πρόσωπον ἱλαρόν, καὶ εὕρεσις παραβολῶν διαλογισμοὶ μετὰ κόπου.
• Sirach 20:20
  ἀπὸ στόματος μωροῦ ἀποδοκιμασθήσεται παραβολή, οὐ γὰρ μὴ εἴπῃ αὐτὴν ἐν καιρῷ αὐτῆς.
• Sirach 20:26
  ἦθος ἀνθρώπου ψευδοῦς ἀτιμία, καὶ ἡ αἰσχύνη αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐνδελεχῶς Λόγοι παραβολῶν.
• Sirach 38:33
  καὶ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ οὐχ ὑπεραλοῦνται, καὶ διαθήκην κρίματος οὐ διανοηθήσονται· ἐπὶ δίφρον δικαστοῦ οὐ καθιοῦνται, οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφάνωσιν δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίμα, καὶ ἐν παραβολαῖς οὐχ εὑρεθήσονται·
• Sirach 39:2
  διηγήσεις ἀνδρῶν ὀνομαστῶν συντηρήσει, καὶ ἐν στροφαῖς παραβολῶν συνεισελεύσεται·
• Sirach 39:3
  ἀπόκρυφα παροιμιῶν ἐκζητήσει, καὶ ἐν αἰνίγμασι παραβολῶν ἀναστραφήσεται.
• Sirach 43:8
  μὴν κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς ἐστιν, αὐξανομένη θαυμαστῶς ἐν ἀλλοιώσει. σκεῦος παραβολῶν ἐν ὕψει, ἐν στερεώματι οὐρανοῦ ἐκλάμπων·
• Sirach 47:15
  γῆν ἐπεκάλυψεν ἡ ψυχή σου, καὶ ἐνέπλησας ἐν παραβολαῖς αἰνιγμάτων·
• Sirach 47:17
  ἐν ᾠδαῖς καὶ παροιμίαις καὶ παραβολαῖς καὶ ἐν ἐρμηνίᾳ ἀπεθαύμασάν σε χῶραι·
• Micah 2:4
  Ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ λημφθήσεται ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς παραβολή, καὶ θρηνηθήσεται θρῆνος ἐν μέλει λέγων Ταλαιπωρίᾳ ἐταλαιπωρήσαμεν· μερὶς λαοῦ μου κατεμετρήθη ἐν σχοινίῳ, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ κωλύσων αὐτὸν τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι· οἱ ἀγροὶ ἡμῶν διεμερίσθησαν.
• Habakkuk 2:6
  οὐχὶ ταῦτα πάντα παραβολὴν κατ’ αὐτοῦ λήμψονται καὶ πρόβλημα εἰς διήγησιν αὐτοῦ; καὶ ἐροῦσιν Οὐαὶ ὁ πληθύνων ἑαυτῷ τὰ οὐκ ὄντα αὐτοῦ· ἕως τίνος; καὶ βαρύνων τὸν κλοιὸν αὐτοῦ στιβαρῶς.
• Jeremiah 24:9
  καὶ δώσω αὐτοὺς εἰς διασκορπισμὸν εἰς πάσας τὰς βασιλείας τῆς γῆς καὶ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν καὶ εἰς παραβολὴν καὶ εἰς μῖσος καὶ εἰς κατάραν ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ οὗ ἐξῶσα αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ·
• Ezekiel 12:22
  Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, τίς ἡ παραβολὴ ὑμῖν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, λέγοντες Μακραὶ αἱ ἡμέραι, ἀπόλωλεν ὅρασις;
• Ezekiel 12:23
  διὰ τοῦτο εἰπὸν πρὸς αὐτοὺς Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Καὶ ἀποστρέψω τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην, καὶ οὐκέτι μὴ εἴπωσιν τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην οἶκος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ· ὅτι λαλήσεις πρὸς αὐτούς Ἠγγίκασιν αἱ ἡμέραι καὶ λόγος πάσης ὁράσεως.
• Ezekiel 16:44
  ταῦτά ἐστιν πάντα ὅσα εἶπαν κατὰ σοῦ ἐν παραβολῇ λέγοντες Καθὼς ἡ μήτηρ,

Biblion's Septuagint: the Greek Old Testament in H. B. Swete's edition (Cambridge, 1896–1905), as digitized by the Open Greek and Latin project at the University of Leipzig (First1KGreek), corrected against the printed pages, with lemmas, morphology, Strong's numbers and links to the Hebrew prepared for Biblion. CC BY-SA 4.0.