Strong's Number 3942

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
paroimia {par-oy-mee'-ah}
Word Origin:
from a compound of 3844 and perhaps a derivative of 3633
TDNT:
5:854,790
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
proverb 4, parable 1

Total: 5
Definition:
  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
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament