παροιμία

paroimia

Greek G3942 Noun, feminine 5 occurrences in 4 verses

παροιμία proverb

παροιμία, -ας, ἡ

(πάροιμος, by the way), [in LXX. Pr title Pro.1:1 25:1, (מָשַׁל) subscr., Sir.6:35 8:8 18:29 39:3 47:17 * ;]

1. a wayside saying (Hesych.; see LS, see word), a byword, maxim, proverb: 2Pe.2:22.

2. In NT, of figurative discourse (as מָשַׁל, Isa.14:4, al.), a parable, allegory: Jhn.10:6 16:25, 29 (see Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.).†

SYN.: παραβολή, q.v (AS)

Translation

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Concordance 4 verses

John 10:6 παροιμίαν

Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
John 16:25 παροιμίαιςπαροιμίαις

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
John 16:29 παροιμίαν

His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
2 Peter 2:22 παροιμίας

Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”