Numbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
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And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Read in context →This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
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parabolḗ · par-ab-ol-ay'
a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage
Strong's KJV usage: :--comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
Strong's first: Matthew 13:18Strong's last: Luke 21:29
Open full G3850 profile →mâshâl · maw-shawl'
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
Strong's KJV usage: byword, like, parable, proverb.
Strong's first: Numbers 23:7Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:6
Open full H4912 profile →paroimía · par-oy-mee'-ah
apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration
Strong's KJV usage: :--parable, proverb.
Strong's first: John 10:6Strong's last: John 10:6
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And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
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PAR'ABLE, noun [Latin parabilis.] Easily procured. [Not used.]
PAR'ABLE, noun [Latin parabola; Gr. to throw forward or against, to compare to or against; as in confero, collatum, to set together, or one thing with another.] A fable or allegorical relation or representation of something real in life or nature, from which a moral is drawn for instruction; such as the parable of the trees choosing a king, Judges 9:1; the parable of the poor man and his lamb. 2 Samuel 12:1; the parable of the ten virgins, Matthew 25:1.
PAR'ABLE, verb transitive To represent by fiction or fable.
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