Gloss
parable, an illustration that teaches in a story or extended figure of speech; proverb, a short pithy saying
Forms of the word
Dictionary
παραβολή, -ῆς, ἡ
Greek transliteration
parabolē
Simplified transliteration
parabole
Numbers
Strong's number
3850
GK Number
4130
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
50
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1b
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for παραβολή
| Mark 12:1 | And he began to speak to them in parables (parabolais | παραβολαῖς | dat pl fem). “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it. He dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower; then he leased it out to tenant farmers and went on a journey. |
| Mark 12:12 | And they were seeking to arrest him, but feared the people, for they knew that he had spoken the parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) against them. So they left him and went away. |
| Mark 13:28 | “Now from the fig tree learn its parable: (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) As soon as its bough becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. |
| Luke 4:23 | And he said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ What we have heard happened in Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.” |
| Luke 5:36 | He also told a parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) to them: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he both tears the new, and the patch from the new will not match the old. |
| Luke 6:39 | He spoke to them also a parable: (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Won’t they both fall into a ditch? |
| Luke 8:4 | As a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke using a parable (parabolēs | παραβολῆς | gen sg fem). |
| Luke 8:9 | Now his disciples were questioning him as to what this parable (parabolē | παραβολή | nom sg fem) meant. |
| Luke 8:10 | He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to the rest I speak in parables (parabolais | παραβολαῖς | dat pl fem), so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. |
| Luke 8:11 | “Now this is what the parable (parabolē | παραβολή | nom sg fem) means: The seed is the word of God. |
| Luke 12:16 | Then he told a parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) to them, saying: “The land of a certain rich man produced a good crop. |
| Luke 12:41 | Then Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) to us or to everyone?” |
| Luke 13:6 | Then he told this parable: (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. |
| Luke 14:7 | He began speaking a parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) to those who had been invited when he noticed how they were seeking out the places of honor. He said to them, |
| Luke 15:3 | So he told them this parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem). |
| Luke 18:1 | Then Jesus told them a parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) to the effect that they should continue to pray at all times and never give up. |
| Luke 18:9 | He also told this parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) to some who were confident in themselves, because they were righteous, and treated others with contempt. |
| Luke 19:11 | As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem), because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once. |
| Luke 20:9 | Then he began to tell the people this parable: (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenants; then he went away for quite some time. |
| Luke 20:19 | The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had spoken this parable (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) against them, but they feared the people. |
| Luke 21:29 | And he told them a parable: (parabolēn | παραβολήν | acc sg fem) “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. |
| Hebrews 9:9 | This is an illustration (parabolē | παραβολή | nom sg fem) pointing to the present time, during which the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper so far as his conscience is concerned, |
| Hebrews 11:19 | He considered that God was able to raise him up even from the dead, and, in a sense (parabolē | παραβολῇ | dat sg fem), he did receive him back from there. |
