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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Parables
Scofield Reference Index
• Parables
Thompson Chain Reference
• Parables
The Topic Concordance
• Parables
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Parables
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Parables
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Parable
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Parables
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Parable
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Parable
CARM Theological Dictionary
• Parable
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Parable
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Parable
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Parables
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Parable
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Spiritualizing of the Parables
• Parable
• Circumstantiality in the Parables
King James Dictionary
• Parable
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Parable
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Two Sons, Parable of the
• Sower, Parable of the
• Seed Growing Secretly, Parable of the
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Parable
People's Bible Dictionary
• Parable
• Chief Parables and Miracles in the Bible
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Parable
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Parable
Webster Dictionary
• Parable
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Parable
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Parable
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Parable
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Parable
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Parable
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Parable
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Parables
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Parable
Lexicons
• ܡܶܬ݁ܰܠ
• ܡܰܬ݁ܠܳܐ
• ܦ݁ܶܠܶܐܬ݂ܳܐ
• Parabola; or Parable: Ie Continued Simile
• παραβολή
• παροιμία
• דָּמָה
• מָשָׁל

A fable or allegorical instruction, founded on something read or apparent in nature or history, from which a moral is drawn, by comparing it with something in which the people are more immediately concerned: such are the parables of Dives and Lazarus, or the prodigal son, of the ten virgins, &c. Dr. Blair observes, that "of parables, which form a part of allegory, the prophetical writings are full; and if to us they sometimes appear obscure, we must remember, that, in those early times, it was universally the mode throughout all the eastern nations, to convey sacred truths under some mysterious figures and representations."