Definition

apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration

Etymology

from a compound of G3844 (παρά) and perhaps a derivative of G3633 (οἴομαι);

Where the KJV renders it

• parable
• proverb

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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