παραβολή

παραβολή, -ῆς, ἡ

(παραβάλλω), [in LXX (cf. McNeile, Mt., 185): 4 Mos 23,7, 5 Mos 28,37, Sl 44,14, Ord 1,6, Ezk 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.) : Matt 24,32, Mark 3,23, Hebr 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: Matt 13,3, 10 Mark 4,2, 10, Luk 8,4, 9-11, al.; with genitive ref., Matt 13,18, 36

4 4 Like Heb. מָשַׁל (1 Kong 10,12, Ord 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.)