proverb 3850 # parabole {par-ab-ol-ay'}; from 3846; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbol.) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apoth gm or adage: -- comparison, figure, parable, {proverb}.[ql proverb 3942 # paroimia {par-oy-mee'-ah}; from a compound of 3844 and perhaps a derivative of 3633; apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specifically, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration: -- parable, {proverb}.[ql