παροιμίαparoimía
GreekG39425 occurrences (KJV)
apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration
KJV renders it: parable, proverb
Where it appears(showing the first 4 of 5)
- John 10:6Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.
- John 16:25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
- John 16:29His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you speak plainly, and speak no figures of speech.
- 2 Pet 2:22But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, “The dog turns to his own vomit again,” and “the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.