Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a by-word, proverb, adage, 2 Pet. 2:22; in NT an obscure saying, enigma, Jn. 16:25, 29; a parable, similitude, figurative discourse, Jn. 10:6*
Translated in KJV as
parableproverb
Etymology
from a compound of G3844 (παρά) and perhaps a derivative of G3633 (οἴομαι);
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