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Strong's numbers

παροιμία G3942

paroimía

par-oy-mee'-ah

from a compound of παρά and perhaps a derivative of οἴομαι; apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration:--parable, proverb.

Abbott–Smith

παροιμία, -ας, ἡ (< πάροιμος, by the way), [in LXX. Pr tit 1:1 25:1, (מָשָׁל) subscr., Si 6:35 8:8 18:29 39:3 47:17*;]
1. a wayside saying (Hesych.; v. LS, s.v.), a byword, maxim, proverb: II Pe 2:22.
2. In NT, of figurative discourse (as מָשָׁל, Is 14:4, al.), a parable, allegory: Jo 10:6 16:25, 29 (v. Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.).†

SYN.: παραβολή, q.v.

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

4 occurrences

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

  • John 10:6
    This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
  • John 16:25
    These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
  • John 16:29
    His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
  • 2 Peter 2:22
    But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

6 in the Septuagint

  • Proverbs 1:1
    Παροιμίαι Σαλωμῶντος υἱοῦ Δαυεὶδ ὃς ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἰσραήλ,
  • Sirach 6:35
    πᾶσαν διήγησιν θείαν θέλε ἀκούειν, καὶ παροιμίαι συνέσεως μὴ ἐκφευγέτωσάν σε.
  • Sirach 8:8
    μὴ παρίδῃς διήγημα σοφῶν, καὶ ἐν ταῖς παροιμίαις αὐτῶν ἀναστρέφου· ὅτι παρ’ αὐτῶν μαθήσῃ παιδείαν καὶ λειτουργῆσαι μεγιστᾶσιν.
  • Sirach 18:29
    συνετοὶ ἐν λόγοις καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐσοφίσαντο, καὶ ἀνώμβρησαν παροιμίας ἀκριβεῖς. Ἐγκράτεια ψυχῆς.
  • Sirach 39:3
    ἀπόκρυφα παροιμιῶν ἐκζητήσει, καὶ ἐν αἰνίγμασι παραβολῶν ἀναστραφήσεται.
  • Sirach 47:17
    ἐν ᾠδαῖς καὶ παροιμίαις καὶ παραβολαῖς καὶ ἐν ἐρμηνίᾳ ἀπεθαύμασάν σε χῶραι·

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.