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παραβολή

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	παραβολή
Citation form	παραβολή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	a parable, comparison
Strong’s	G3850
Transliteration	parabolḗ
Definition	a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage
KJV glosses	:--comparison, figure, parable, proverb.
Derivation	from
SBLGNT occurrences	48

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
παραβολαῖς	noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Matthew 13:10 noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Matthew 13:13 noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Matthew 13:3 noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Matthew 13:34 noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Matthew 13:35 noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Matthew 22:1 noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Mark 12:1 noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Mark 3:23 noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Mark 4:11 noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Mark 4:2 noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Mark 4:33 noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — Luke 8:10
παραβολὰς	noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Matthew 13:53 noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Matthew 21:45 noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Mark 4:13
παραβολάς	noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Mark 4:10
παραβολή	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Luke 8:11 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Luke 8:9
παραβολὴ	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Hebrews 9:9
παραβολῇ	noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Mark 4:30 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Hebrews 11:19
παραβολὴν	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 13:18 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 13:24 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 13:31 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 13:33 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 13:36 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 15:15 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 21:33 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 12:12 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 4:13 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 12:16 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 12:41 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 15:3 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 18:1 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 18:9 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 19:11 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 20:19 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 20:9 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 21:29 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 4:23 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 5:36 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 6:39
παραβολήν	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 24:32 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 13:28 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 7:17 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 13:6 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 14:7
παραβολῆς	noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Matthew 13:34 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Mark 4:34 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Luke 8:4

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----APF-
noun; MorphGNT ----ASF-
noun; MorphGNT ----DPF-
noun; MorphGNT ----DSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----GSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSF-

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: παραβολη.