G3942 – paroimia – παροιμία – parable, proverb
- Strong’s ID:
- G3942
- Greek Word:
- παροιμία
- Transliteration:
- paroimia
- Pronunciation:
- par-oy-mee’-ah
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Usage Count:
- 5
- Search:
- Find “paroimia” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from a compound of G3844 and perhaps a derivative of G3633; apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specifically, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration:—parable, proverb.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) a saying out of the usual course or deviating from the usual manner of speaking
1a) a current or trite saying, a proverb
2) any dark saying which shadows forth some didactic truth
2a) especially a symbolic or figurative saying
2b) speech or discourse in which a thing is illustrated by the use of similes and comparisons
2c) an allegory
2c1) extended and elaborate metaphor
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.