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Unlock the significance, meaning, and nuances of words in the New Testament without having to study Hebrew or Greek! The 4-volume New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology examines and discusses the major theological terms of the Bible. The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology is a basic enlargement of the German Theologisches Begriffslexikon zum Neuen Testament....

G4130 (parabolē), type, figure, parable; παραβάλλω G4125 (paraballō), throw alongside, compare; αἴνιγμα G141 (ainigma), riddle, indistinct image; ἀλληγορέω G251 (allēgoreo), speak allegorically. CL parabolē, from Plato and Isocrates on, is to be derived from paraballō (para, alongside; ballō, throw, bring, place) to place alongside, hold beside, throw to, compare (Plato, Gorgias 475e; Isocrates, 9, 34). It means: (a) holding beside, comparison (Plato, Philebus 33b; Isocrates,