Strong’s
G3942Noun, feminine5 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- John 10:6παροιμίαν
Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
- 2 Peter 2:22παροιμίας
Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
Abbott-Smith
παροιμία, -ας, ἡ
(πάροιμος, by the way), [in LXX. Pr title Pro.1:1 25:1, (מָשַׁל) subscr., Sir.6:35 8:8 18:29 39:3 47:17 * ;]
(πάροιμος, by the way), [in LXX. Pr title Pro.1:1 25:1, (מָשַׁל) subscr., Sir.6:35 8:8 18:29 39:3 47:17 * ;]
1. a wayside saying (Hesych.; see LS, see word), a byword, maxim, proverb: 2Pe.2:22.
2. In NT, of figurative discourse (as מָשַׁל, Isa.14:4, al.), a parable, allegory: Jhn.10:6 16:25, 29 (see Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.).†
SYN.: παραβολή, q.v
(AS)
SYN.: παραβολή, q.v
(AS)
Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.