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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3942 - παροιμία

Transliteration

paroimía

Phonetics

par-oy-mee'-ah

Origin

from a compound of (G3844) and perhaps a derivative of (G3633)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

5:854,790

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a saying out of the usual course or deviating from the usual manner of speaking
1. a current or trite saying, a proverb
any dark saying which shadows forth some didactic truth
1. esp. a symbolic or figurative saying
2. speech or discourse in which a thing is illustrated by the use of similes and comparisons
3. an allegory
  1. extended and elaborate metaphor

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4911 ‑ מָשַׁל (maw‑shal');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (6)

John 4

2 Peter 2

BSB (5)

John 4

2 Peter 1

CSB (4)

John 4

2 Peter 1

ESV (5)

John 4

2 Peter 1

KJV (5)

John 4

2 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (9)

John 8

2 Peter 1

N95 (9)

John 8

2 Peter 1

NAS (13)

John 8

2 Peter 1

NLT (6)

John 5

2 Peter 2

WEB (6)

John 4

2 Peter 2

YLT (5)

John 4

2 Peter 1

ASV (6)

according to the 1

dark saying 1

dark sayings 2

parable 1

proverb 1

BSB (5)

figures of speech 2

illustration 1

proverbs 1

this way 1

CSB (4)

figures 1

language 1

proverb 1

speech 1

ESV (5)

figure of speech 1

figures of speech 2

proverb 1

speech 1

KJV (5)

parable 1

proverb 2

proverbs 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (9)

figure 2

figures 2

proverb 1

speech 4

N95 (9)

figurative 2

figure 2

language 2

proverb 1

speech 2

NAS (13)

figure 2

figures 2

of 4

proverb 1

speech 4

NLT (6)

figuratively 2

illustration 2

proverb 1

speech 1

WEB (6)

according to the 1

figures of speech 3

parable 1

proverb 1

YLT (5)

similitude 3

similitudes 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

ANT

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

BGB

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

BMT

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

ELZ

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

NA26

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

SBL

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

SCV

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

STV

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

TIS

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

TRG

N-ASF 2

N-DPF 2

N-GSF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

παροιμ-ία, ἡ,

proverb, maxim, saw, A. Ag. 264, S. Aj. 664, Ar. Th. 528, etc.; κατὰ τὴν π. as the saying goes, Pl. Smp. 222b; τὸ κατὰ τὴν π. λεγόμενον Id. Sph. 261c; καθάπερ ἡ π. Pl.Com. 174.3: in pl., of the Proverbs of Solomon, LX X.

2. figure, comparison, John 10:6,al.

3. digression, incidental remark, Herod. 2.61, Hsch., Phot.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

παροιμία, παροιμίας, ἡ (παρά by, aside from (cf. παρά, IV. 2), and οἶμος way), properly, a saying out of the usual course or deviating from the usual manner of speaking (cf. Suidas 654, 15; but Hesychius under the word, et al., 'a saying heard by the wayside' (παρά, IV. 1), i. e. a current or trite saying, proverb; cf. Curtius, § 611; Stephanus' Thesaurus, under the word), hence,

1. a clever and sententious saying, a proverb (Aeschylus Ag. 264; Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, others; examples from Philo are given by Hilgenfeld, Die Evangelien, p. 292f (as de ebriet. § 20; de Abr. § 40; de vit. Moys. i. § 28; ii. § 5; de exsecrat. § 6); for מָשָׁל in Proverbs 1:1; Proverbs 25:1 the Alex. manuscript; Sir. 6:35, etc.): τό τῆς παροιμίας, what is in the proverb (Lucian, dial. mort. 6, 2; 8, 1), 2 Peter 2:22.

2. any dark saying which shadows forth some didactic truth, especially a symbolic or figurative saying: παροιμίαν λέγειν, John 16:29; ἐν παροιμίαις λαλεῖν, ibid. 25; "speech or discourse in which a thing is illustrated by the use of similes and comparisons; an allegory, i. e. extended and elaborate metaphor": John 10:6.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

παροιμία , -ας , ἡ

(< πάροιμος , by the way),

[in LXX. Pr title Proverbs 1:1; Proverbs 25:1, (H4911) subscr., Sirach 6:35; Sirach 8:8; Sirach 18:29; Sirach 39:3; Sirach 47:17*;]

1. a wayside saying (Hesych.; v. LS, s.v.), a byword, maxim, proverb: 2 Peter 2:22.

2. In NT, of figurative discourse (as H4911, Isaiah 14:4, al.), a parable, allegory: John 10:6; John 16:25; John 16:29 (v. Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.).†

SYN.: παραβολή G3850, q.v.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

περιοχή, in the literal sense of ";compass,"; ";circumference,"; occurs quater in connexion with certain measurements of a piece of land in BGU II. 492 (A.D. 148–9) : cf. also the late P Hamb I. 23.20 (A.D. 569) μετὰ τῆς καθόλου αὐτοῦ περιοχῆς, ";mit allem was dran und drum ist"; (Preisigke). For the use in Acts 8:32 of a ";passage"; (of Scripture) see the reff. s.v. περιέχω, and cf. Cic. ad Att. xiii. 25. 3 ergo ne Tironi quidem dictavi, qui totas περιοχάς persequi solet, sed Spintharo syllabatim, In the LXX περιοχή has the meaning ";siege,"; and sometimes apparently ";stronghold"; : see Conybeare and Stock LXX Selections, p. 305.

List of Word Forms

παροιμίαι παροιμιαις παροιμίαις παροιμιαν παροιμίαν παροιμιας παροιμίας παροινήσουσιν paroimiais paroimíais paroimian paroimían paroimias paroimías