3850 - parabole

Strong's Concordance

Original word: παραβολή
Transliteration: parabole
Definition (short): comparison
Definition (full): to expose oneself to danger

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From paraballo; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage -- comparison, figure, parable, proverb.

see GREEK paraballo

KJV: And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
NASB: And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow;
KJV: And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
NASB: And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
KJV: Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
NASB: "Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
KJV: Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
NASB: "Hear then the parable of the sower.
KJV: Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
NASB: Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.