ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΕΣ, παραβολες
PARABOLES, paraboles
Sounds Like: pah-rah-bo-LES
Translations: parables, illustrations, allegories, proverbs
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to parables, which are short, illustrative stories used to convey a moral or spiritual lesson. In Koine Greek, particularly in the New Testament, they are frequently used by Jesus to teach profound truths in an accessible way. This form of the word indicates that it is plural, referring to multiple such stories or sayings.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3850 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 13:35
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΑΙ — parables, proverbs, allegories, figures of speech, (to) parables, (to) proverbs, (to) allegories, (to) figures of speech
- ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΑΙΣ — (to) parables, (by) parables, (in) parables, (to) proverbs, (by) proverbs, (in) proverbs, (to) allegories, (by) allegories, (in) allegories
- ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΑΣ — parables, proverbs, allegories, comparisons, illustrations, of parables, of proverbs, of allegories, of comparisons, of illustrations
- ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΗ — parable, a parable, proverb, a proverb, allegory, an allegory, figure, a figure, illustration, an illustration
- ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΗΝ — a parable, parable, a proverb, proverb, an allegory, allegory, a figure, figure, a comparison, comparison
- ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΗΣ — of a parable, of a proverb, of a figure, of a type, of an illustration, of a comparison
- ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΩ — (to) a parable, (to) a proverb, (to) a riddle, (to) a figure of speech, (to) a comparison
- ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΩΝ — of parables
- ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛ‾Η‾ — parable, proverb, allegory, a parable, a proverb, an allegory
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