UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: παροιμία; -ας

Related lemmas: παρομοιάζω

Sense 1: proverb, saying

Semantic entry: 33.14

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Discourse Types

Definition: a short saying in fixed form, emphasizing some general truth

Notes: In a context such as RV PE2 2:22 · LV PE2 2:22 · Read together PE2 2:22 one may render ‘saying’ as ‘what people so often say’ or ‘what is often said.’

PE2 2:22: RV PE2 2:22 · LV PE2 2:22 · Read together PE2 2:22

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OET-RV PE2 2:22

22 The proverb is correct in what it says and has happened to them: “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and “A sow that’s been washed wallows in the mud again.”

OET-LV PE2 2:22

22 the message of _the true proverb has _happened to _them:
A_dog having _returned to its own vomit, and:
A_sow having _washed, to wallowing in_the_mud.

Sense 2: parable, figure, allegory, figure of speech

Semantic entry: 33.15

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Discourse Types

Definition: a relatively short narrative with symbolic meaning

Notes: In almost all languages there is some way of speaking about parables or allegories. The equivalent in some languages may be ‘a likeness story’ or ‘a story that teaches’ or ‘a story that points the way’ or ‘words that have another meaning’ or ‘words that are saying something else important.’|Some scholars have insisted that in the NT παραβολή is used only in the sense of a story with one level of symbolic meaning, but in some contexts παραβολή is also used to identify allegories in which each element of the account has a symbolic significance. It is therefore extremely difficult to make a rigid distinction between parables and allegories.

JHN 10:6: RV JHN 10:6 · LV JHN 10:6 · Read together JHN 10:6

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OET-RV JHN 10:6

6 Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) told them this illustration, but none of those who heard it knew what it meant.

OET-LV JHN 10:6

6 The Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) spoke this the allegory to _them, but those not knew what _all it _was, which he _was _speaking to _them.

JHN 16:25: RV JHN 16:25 · LV JHN 16:25 · Read together JHN 16:25

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OET-RV JHN 16:25

25 “So far I’ve told you these things in parables, however a time is coming when I’ll no longer be speaking in parables but will tell you things about the father quite plainly.

OET-LV JHN 16:25

25 These things I _have _spoken to _you _all in allegories, an_hour is _coming when I_˓will˒_ no _longer _be _speaking in allegories to _you _all, but I _will _be _reporting concerning the father with _plainness to _you _all.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 10:6 · RV JHN 16:25 · RV JHN 16:29 · LV JHN 10:6 · LV JHN 16:25 · LV JHN 16:29 · Read together JHN 10:6 · Read together JHN 16:25 · Read together JHN 16:29

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

παροιμία

Form 1

Sense 1: proverb, saying

Sense 2: parable, figure, allegory, figure of speech