Strong's G3942

παροιμία

Transliteration

paroimía

Definition

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

KJV usage

parable, proverb

Derivation

from a compound of G3844 (παρά) and perhaps a derivative of G3633 (οἴομαι);

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Greek dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.