Word study · Greek
parabolē
parable, comparison
Say it: pah-rah-bo-LAY (approximate)
παραβολή
What it means
A comparison or story set beside a truth. In Luke 8 Jesus tells the parable of the sower and says that for the crowds the truths are given in parables, while the disciples are given the meaning.
Range of meaning
- ComparisonOne thing set beside another to explain it.
- StoryA short story with a point, like the sower.
- Proverb or riddleA saying that needs thinking about.
In Luke
- Chapter 8
"He spoke by a parable" (8:4, 8:9-11).
Every verse (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
Verses where G3850 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources