παραβολή parabolē

Greek word for “parable” · Strong’s G3850 · used 50 times in 48 verses

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Meaning

παραβολή, -ῆς, ἡ; (παραβάλλω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for parabolē in context, with how often each is used:

• parable 30
• parables 17
• proverb 1
• symbol 1
• simile 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (11), Mark 4 (7), Luke 8 (4), Matthew 21 (2), Mark 12 (2), Luke 12 (2), Luke 18 (2), Luke 20 (2), Matthew 15 (1), Matthew 22 (1)

Forms

• παραβολὴν 22
• παραβολαῖς 12
• παραβολήν 4
• παραβολῆς 3
• παραβολὰς 3
• παραβολῇ 2
• παραβολή 2
• παραβολάς 1
• παραβολὴ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with parabolē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 7
• λαλέω laleō “to speak” 8
• φυτεύω phuteuō “to plant” 4
• γινώσκω ginōskō “to know” 7
• συκῆ sukē “fig tree” 4
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 8
• ἀμπελών ampelōn “vineyard” 4
• ἐκδίδωμι ekdidōmi “to lease” 3
• ἀποδημέω apodēmeō “to go abroad” 3
• σπείρω speirō “to sow” 4
• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 5
• γεωργός geōrgos “farmer” 3

Key verses

The verses using parabolē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 13:3 — And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
• Matthew 13:24 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
• Matthew 13:31 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
• Matthew 13:33 — Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was…
• Matthew 13:35 — That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the…
• Matthew 21:33 — Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower,…
• Mark 4:11 — And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
• Mark 12:1 — And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a…
• Luke 8:10 — And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they…
• Luke 18:1 — And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
• Luke 18:9 — And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
• Hebrews 9:9 — Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.