3942 paroimia {par-oy-mee'-ah}   
   
from a compound of 3844 and perhaps a derivative of 3633;   
   TDNT - 5:854,790; 陰性名詞   
AV - proverb 4, parable 1; 5   
   
1) 不是隨便講講的話或不合於一般所用語詞的話 (?)   
   1a) 普通平乏的話語, 諺語, 格言 (?)   
2) 隱晦而將遮掩了教誨真義的話   
   2a) 尤其是象徵性或比喻性的話   
   2b) 以相似性或類比的手法來闡明事性或意念的敘述   
   2c) 寓言    
       2c1) 具有引伸性微言大義的隱喻


3942 paroimia {par-oy-mee'-ah} 
 
from a compound of 3844 and perhaps a derivative of 3633; 
   TDNT - 5:854,790; n f 
 
AV - proverb 4, parable 1; 5 
 
1) a saying out of the usual course or deviating from the usual 
   manner of speaking 
   1a) a current or trite saying, a proverb 
2) any dark saying which shadows forth some didactic truth 
   2a) esp. a symbolic or figurative saying 
   2b) speech or discourse in which a thing is illustrated by the use 
       of similes and comparisons 
   2c) an allegory 
       2c1) extended and elaborate metaphor