παροιμία
Transliteration
paroimia (Key)
Pronunciation
par-oy-mee'-ah
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of παρά (G3844) and perhaps a derivative of οἴομαι (G3633)
mGNT
5x in 3 unique form(s) TR
5x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
2x in 2 unique form(s)
παροιμίαις — 2x
παροιμίαν — 2x
παροιμίας — 1x
παροιμίαις — 2x
παροιμίαν — 2x
παροιμίας — 1x
παροιμίαι — 1x
παροιμίαν — 1x
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TDNT Reference: 5:854,790

Strong’s Definitions

παροιμία paroimía, par-oy-mee'-ah; from a compound of G3844 and perhaps a derivative of G3633; apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration:—parable, proverb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G3942 in the following manner: proverb (4x), parable (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G3942 in the following manner: proverb (4x), parable (1x).

  1. a saying out of the usual course or deviating from the usual manner of speaking

    1. a current or trite saying, a proverb

  2. any dark saying which shadows forth some didactic truth

    1. esp. a symbolic or figurative saying

    2. speech or discourse in which a thing is illustrated by the use of similes and comparisons

    3. an allegory

      1. extended and elaborate metaphor

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παροιμία paroimía, par-oy-mee'-ah; from a compound of G3844 and perhaps a derivative of G3633; apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration:—parable, proverb.
STRONGS G3942:
παροιμία, παροιμίας, ἡ (παρά by, aside from (cf. παρά, IV. 2), and οἶμος way), properly, a saying out of the usual course or deviating from the usual manner of speaking (cf. Suidas 654, 15; but Hesychius under the word, et al., 'a saying heard by the wayside' (παρά, IV. 1), i. e. a current or trite saying, proverb; cf. Curtius, § 611; Stephanus' Thesaurus, under the word), hence,
1. a clever and sententious saying, a proverb (Aeschylus Ag. 264; Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, others; examples from Philo are given by Hilgenfeld, Die Evangelien, p. 292f (as de ebriet. § 20; de Abr. § 40; de vit. Moys. i. § 28; ii. § 5; de exsecrat. § 6); for מָשָׁל in Proverbs 1:1; Proverbs 25:1 the Alex. manuscript; Sir. 6:35, etc.): τό τῆς παροιμίας, what is in the proverb (Lucian, dial. mort. 6, 2; 8, 1), 2 Peter 2:22.
2. any dark saying which shadows forth some didactic truth, especially a symbolic or figurative saying: παροιμίαν λέγειν, John 16:29; ἐν παροιμίαις λαλεῖν, ibid. 25; "speech or discourse in which a thing is illustrated by the use of similes and comparisons; an allegory, i. e. extended and elaborate metaphor": John 10:6.
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References

Proverbs
Proverbs 1:1; Proverbs 25:1
John
John 10:6; John 16:29
2 Peter
2 Peter 2:22
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