παροιμία (paroimia) means “proverb” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: par-oy-mee'-ah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
παροιμία · paroimia · proverb
παροιμία, -ας, ἡ (πάροιμος, by the way), [in LXX. Pr title Pro.1:1 25:1, (מָשַׁל) subscr., Sir.6:35 8:8 18:29 39:3 47:17 * ;] 1. a wayside saying (Hesych.; see LS, see word), a byword, maxim, proverb: 2Pe.2:22. 2. In NT, of figurative discourse (as מָשַׁל, Isa.14:4, al.), a parable, allegory: Jhn.10:6 16:25, 29 (see Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.).† SYN.: παραβολή, q.v (AS)
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a cryptic saying, an allegory; a proverb, figurative discourse.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| figures of speech | 2 |
| illustration | 1 |
| proverbs | 1 |
| this way | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| proverb | 2 |
| proverbs | 2 |
| according to the | 1 |
| parable | 1 |
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Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
Read word by wordI have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
Read word by wordHis disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
Read word by wordOf them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
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