Lexical Definition

‎παραβολή‎ parabolḗ (par-ab-ol-ay') parable G:N-F
from ‎παραβάλλω‎

comparison, figure, parable, proverb.

Usage: 11 forms in 82 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
παραβολῇ a simile Heb.11.19
parable Mark.4.30
παραβολῆσ a parable Matt.13.34 • Luke.8.4
parables Mark.4.34
παραβολὴν a parable Luke.5.36 • Luke.6.39 • Luke.12.16 • Luke.14.7 • Luke.18.1 • Luke.19.11 • Luke.21.29
parable Matt.13.18 • Matt.13.24 • Matt.13.31 • Matt.13.33 • Matt.13.36 • Matt.15.15 • Matt.21.33 • Mark.4.13 • Mark.12.12 • Luke.12.41 • Luke.15.3 • Luke.18.9 • Luke.20.9 • Luke.20.19
proverb Luke.4.23
παραβολὴ a symbol Heb.9.9
παραβολὰσ parables Matt.13.53 • Matt.21.45 • Mark.4.13
παραβολών parables LXX.Eccl.12.9
παραβολαῖσ parables Matt.13.3 • Matt.13.10 • Matt.13.13 • Matt.13.34 • Matt.13.35 • Matt.22.1 • Mark.3.23 • Mark.4.2 • Mark.4.11 • Mark.4.33 • Mark.12.1 • Luke.8.10
παραβολαίσ parables LXX.Ps.78.2
παραβολήν a parable LXX.1Sam.10.12 • LXX.2Chr.7.20 • LXX.Ps.49.4 • LXX.Prov.1.6 • LXX.Jer.24.9 • LXX.Ezek.17.2 • LXX.Ezek.19.14 • LXX.Ezek.24.3 • LXX.Hab.2.6
his parable LXX.Num.23.7 • LXX.Num.23.18 • LXX.Num.24.3 • LXX.Num.24.15 • LXX.Num.24.20 • LXX.Num.24.21 • LXX.Num.24.23
parable LXX.Ps.44.14 • LXX.Ps.69.11 • Matt.24.32 • Mark.7.17 • Mark.13.28 • Luke.13.6
this parable LXX.Ezek.12.23 • LXX.Ezek.12.23
παραβολή a parable LXX.Deut.28.37 • LXX.Ezek.16.44 • LXX.Ezek.20.49 • LXX.Mic.2.4
of this parable LXX.Ezek.18.3
parable LXX.1Sam.24.13 • Luke.8.9 • Luke.8.11
this parable LXX.Ezek.12.22 • LXX.Ezek.18.2
παραβολάσ parables LXX.1Kgs.4.32 • LXX.Eccl.1.17 • Mark.4.10

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.).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Numbers 23:7
Deuteronomy 28:37
1 Samuel 10:12
Psalms 44:14*
Proverbs 1:6
Ezekiel 12:22
Matthew 13:3 · 13:10 · 13:18 · 13:36 · 24:32
Mark 3:23 · 4:2 · 4:10
Luke 4:23 · 5:36 · 6:39 · 8:4 · 8:9
Hebrews 9:9 · 11:19

Liddell-Scott-Jones

παραβολή-ή, ἡ,

juxtaposition, comparison, τῶν βίων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν παραβολήῇ by juxtaposition, [παραβολήῆς [prev. author] “Rh.” 1420a4. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 comparison, illustration, analogy, τὴν π. ἀπρεπῆ πεποιῆσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. δὲ τὰ Σωκρατικά (distinguished from λόγος, apologue) [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 NT, parable, [NT]; type, Ep. Hebrew 9.9, 11.19.
__4 by-word, proverb, [LXX+NT]; in bad sense, εἰς π. ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι [LXX]
__5 objection to an argument, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II moving side by side, ἐκ παραβολήῆς [νεῶν] μάχεσθαι to fight a sea-fight broadside to broadside, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III sidelong direction, obliquity, διὰ πολλῶν ἑλιγμῶν καὶ π. [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV venture, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V Astron., conjunction, παραβολήαὶ ἀλλήλων [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also falsa lectio for{περιβολή}, τοῦ ἡλίου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__VI in Mathematics texts, division, opposed to multiplication, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; quotient, [Refs]section produced by division of a line, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__VII Geometry texts, application, π. τῶν χωρίων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐκ τῆς π. γενηθέντα σημεῖα, of the foci of an ellipse or hyperbola, points found by application of an area to the axis, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__VII.2 parabola, because the square on the ordinate is equal to a rectangle whose height is equal to the abscissa applied to the parameter, [Refs]
__VIII ={παράβολον} (see. παράβολος[Refs 4th c.BC+]

LSJ Scripture Refs: Mark.12.1 ☩ LXX.Ezek.18.2 ☩ Luke.4.23 ☩ LXX.Ps.43.14*