Strong's G3942
παροιμία(paroimía)
- Language:
- Greek (New Testament)
Definition
apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration
Derivation
from a compound of G3844 (παρά) and perhaps a derivative of G3633 (οἴομαι);
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, παροιμία is translated as: parable, proverb.
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.