noun · feminine

paroimias

Greekπαροιμία (paroimia)

Strong’sG3942

an allegory, proverb

stem paroimi-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

figure of speech2×figures1×figures of speech1×proverb1×

What it means

παροιμία, -ας, ἡ

(< πάροιμος, by the way), [in LXX. Pr tit 1:1 25:1, (מָשָׁל) subscr., Si 6:35 8:8 18:29 39:3 47:17*;]

1. a wayside saying (Hesych.; v. LS, s.v.), a byword, maxim, proverb: II Pe 2:22.

2. In NT, of figurative discourse (as מָשָׁל, Is 14:4, al.), a parable, allegory: Jo 10:6 16:25, 29 (v. Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.).†

SYN.: παραβολή, q.v.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3942 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-oy-mee'-ah

apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration

Fromfrom a compound of G3844 and perhaps a derivative of G3633;

King Jamesparable, proverb.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	paroimias	paroimiais
object accusative	paroimian2×παροιμίαν	paroimiain
direct address vocative	paroimiar	paroimiair
of, belonging to genitive	paroimiau1×παροιμίας	paroimiaiu
to, for dative	paroimia	paroimiai2×παροιμίαις

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

paroimistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

paroimia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

paroimian“figure of speech”objectaccusative singular2×

John 10:6“figure of speech”houtan tan paroimian legata autoi tos Iēsus; ekeinois de ouk gnōskala tineim ate heim lalate autoi.Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

John 16:29“figure of speech”Legalō tois mathētois autou; Ide nun en parrēsia lalasō, kai paroimian oudenan legasō.His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.

paroimiau“proverb”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

2 Peter 2:22“proverb”sumbainatē autoi tem tau alēthau paroimiau; Kuōnos epistrefaratos epi tem idiem exeramem, kai; Huas loueratas eis kulismon borborou.Of 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.”

paroimiai“figures”to, fordative plural2×

John 16:25“figures of speech”Houteim en paroimiai lalamē vi; erchetō hōras hote ouketi en paroimiai lalami vi alla parrēsia peri tou patērou apangellami vi.I 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.

John 16:25“figures”Houteim en paroimiai lalamē vi; erchetō hōras hote ouketi en paroimiai lalami vi alla parrēsia peri tou patērou apangellami vi.I 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.