fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral)

, (Polyb., al.). a placing beside juxtaposition , (Plat., Arist., al.). a comparing comparison , , , (Arist., al.): , , ; specif. of the pictures and narratives drawn from nature and human life which are characteristic of the synoptic teaching of our Lord, : , , , , , , al.; c. gen. ref., , . a comparison illustration analogy figure a parable Mt 24:32 Mk 3:23 He 9:9 11:19 Mt 13:3 10 Mk 4:2 10 Lk 8:4 9-11 Mt 13:18 36 Like Heb. (, , , al.), = , or gnomic saying: . מָשָׁל παροιμία I Ki 10:12 Pr 1:6 Si 3:29 Lk 4:23 5:36 6:39 a proverb

a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage

comparison, figure, parable, proverb