Greek word study

παραβολήparabolḗ — a parable, comparison

(a) a comparison, (b) a parable, often of those uttered by our Lord, (c) a proverb, an adage.

Translated in the King James as: comparison, figure, parable, proverb

Appears 50 times in Scripture

Origin: from G3846 (παραβάλλω);

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Where it appears

Matthew — 17×

Matt 13:3 Matt 13:10 Matt 13:13 Matt 13:18 Matt 13:24 Matt 13:31 Matt 13:33 Matt 13:34 Matt 13:35 Matt 13:36 Matt 13:53 Matt 15:15 Matt 21:33 Matt 21:45 Matt 22:1 Matt 24:32+ 1 more in Matthew

Mark — 13×

Mark 3:23 Mark 4:2 Mark 4:10 Mark 4:11 Mark 4:13 Mark 4:30 Mark 4:33 Mark 4:34 Mark 7:17 Mark 12:1 Mark 12:12 Mark 13:28+ 1 more in Mark

Luke — 18×

Luke 4:23 Luke 5:36 Luke 6:39 Luke 8:4 Luke 8:9 Luke 8:10 Luke 8:11 Luke 12:16 Luke 12:41 Luke 13:6 Luke 14:7 Luke 15:3 Luke 18:1 Luke 18:9 Luke 19:11 Luke 20:9 Luke 20:19 Luke 21:29

Hebrews — 2×

Heb 9:9 Heb 11:19

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.