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English

Etymology

From Old French parabole < parabola < (parabolē)

Noun

A short story illustrating a lesson; compare with fable, allegory.
(New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message (Example: "The parable of the prodigal son").

Translations

Czech: podobenství
Finnish: paraabeli, vertaus, vertauskuva
German: Parabel

Czech: podobenství
German: Gleichnis

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Category:Rhetoric

et:parable fr:parable gl:parable io:parable id:parable lt:parable hu:parable ru:parable ta:parable te:parable vi:parable zh:parable

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Parable \Par"a*ble\, v. t.
To represent by parable. [R.]
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Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled. --Milton.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Parable \Par"a*ble\, a. [L. parabilis, fr. parare to provide.]
Procurable. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Parable \Par"a*ble\, n. [F. parabole, L. parabola, fr. Gr. ? a
placing beside or together, a comparing, comparison, a
parable, fr. ? to throw beside, compare; para` beside + ? to
throw; cf. Skr. gal to drop. Cf. Emblem, Gland,
Palaver, Parabola, Parley, Parabole, Symbol.]
A comparison; a similitude; specifically, a short fictitious
narrative of something which might really occur in life or
nature, by means of which a moral is drawn; as, the parables
of Christ. --Chaucer.
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Declare unto us the parable of the tares. --Matt. xiii.
36.
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Syn: See Allegory, and Note under Apologue.
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WordNet parable
n 1: a short moral story (often with animal characters) [syn: fable,
allegory, apologue]
2: (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey
his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son"

Moby Dictionary
Marchen , Western , Western story , Westerner , adventure story ,
allegory , apologue , bedtime story , comparison , detective story ,
fable , fabliau , fairy tale , fantasy , fiction , folk story , folktale ,
gest , ghost story , horse opera , legend , lesson , love story ,
mystery , mystery story , myth , mythology , mythos , nursery tale ,
romance , science fiction , shocker , similitude , space fiction ,
space opera , suspense story , thriller , whodunit , work of fiction

Parable (Gr. parabole), a placing beside; a comparison; equivalent to the Heb. mashal, a similitude. In the Old Testament this is used to denote (1) a proverb (1 Sam. 10:12; 24:13; 2 Chr. 7:20), (2) a prophetic utterance (Num. 23:7; Ezek. 20:49), (3) an enigmatic saying (Ps. 78:2; Prov. 1:6). In the New Testament, (1) a proverb (Mark 7:17; Luke 4:23), (2) a typical emblem (Heb. 9:9; 11:19), (3) a similitude or allegory (Matt. 15:15; 24:32; Mark 3:23; Luke 5:36; 14:7); (4) ordinarily, in a more restricted sense, a comparison of earthly with heavenly things, "an earthly story with a heavenly meaning," as in the parables of our Lord. Instruction by parables has been in use from the earliest times. A large portion of our Lord's public teaching consisted of parables. He himself explains his reasons for this in his answer to the inquiry of the disciples, "Why speakest thou to them in parables?" (Matt. 13:13-15; Mark 4:11, 12; Luke 8:9, 10). He followed in so doing the rule of the divine procedures, as recorded in Matt. 13:13. The parables uttered by our Lord are all recorded in the synoptical (i.e., the first three) Gospels. The fourth Gospel contains no parable properly so called, although the illustration of the good shepherd (John 10:1-16) has all the essential features of a parable. (See List of Parables in Appendix.)