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

gelijkenis, gelijkenissen, afbeelding, spreekwoord

(a) a comparison, (b) a parable, often of those uttered by our Lord, (c) a proverb, an adage.

parable

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

comparison, figure, parable, proverb

παραβολή, -ῆς, ἡ (παραβάλλω), [in LXX (cf. McNeile, Mt., 185): Num.23:7, Deu.28:37, Psa.44:14, Pro.1:6, Eze.12:22, al. (מָשַׁל), Sir.47:17 (חִידָה), al. mutt. in Sir, Wis.5:3 ;] 1. a placing beside, juxtaposition (Polyb., al.). 2. a comparing, comparison (Plat., Arist., al.). 3. a comparison, illustration, analogy, figure (Arist., al.) : Mat.24:32, Mrk.3:23, Heb.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: Mat.13:3, 10 Mrk.4:2, 10, Luk.8:4, 9-11, al.; with genitive ref., Mat.13:18, 36 4 4 Like Heb. מָשַׁל (1Ki.10:12, Pro.1:6, Sir.3:29, al.), = παροιμία, a proverb or gnomic saying: Luk.4:23 5:36 6:39 SYN.: παροιμία (see Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.) (AS)