Strong’s G3942 · Greek
παροιμία
paroimía · par-oy-mee'-ah
Origin from a compound of παρά (G3844) and perhaps a derivative of οἴομαι (G3633);
Meaning apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration
In the King James Version parable, proverb.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- John 10:6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
- John 16:25These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
- John 16:29His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
- 2 Peter 2:22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.