παροιμία

παροιμία, -ας, ἡ

(πάροιμος, by the way), [in LXX. Pr title Pro.1:1 25:1, (מָשַׁל) subscr., Sir.6:35 8:8 18:29 39:3 47:17 * ;]

1. a wayside saying (Hesych.; see LS, see word), a byword, maxim, proverb: 2Pe.2:22.

2. In NT, of figurative discourse (as מָשַׁל, Isa.14:4, al.), a parable, allegory: Jhn.10:6 16:25, 29 (see Abbott, Essays, 82 ff.).†

SYN.: παραβολή, q.v (AS)