Vocabulary Form
παραβολή, -ῆς, ἡ
Definition

parable

Erasmian
Modern
Root
παραβολη
Frequency
50
GK
4130
Cognates

A parable is a story

Biblical Concordance

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.