3850

3850 ~παραβολή~ parabole \@par-ab-ol-ay’\@ from 3846; n f AV-parable 46, figure 2, comparison 1, proverb 1; 50

1) a placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle

2) metaphor.

2a) a comparing, comparison of one thing with another, likeness, similitude

2b) an example by which a doctrine or precept is illustrated

2c) a narrative, fictitious but agreeable to the laws and usages of human life, by which either the duties of men or the things of God, particularly the nature and history of God’s kingdom are figuratively portrayed

2d) a parable: an earthly story with a heavenly meaning

3) a pithy and instructive saying, involving some likeness or comparison and having preceptive or admonitory force

3a) an aphorism, a maxim

4) a proverb

5) an act by which one exposes himself or his possessions to danger, a venture, a risk

• Some will translate παροιμίαν paroimian as allegory and define it as "a byword, a parable, an allegory".