parable 音标拼音: [p'ɛrəbəl]
n . 寓言,比喻
寓言,比喻
parable n 1 :
a short moral story (
often with animal characters ) [
synonym :
{
fable }, {
parable }, {
allegory }, {
apologue }]
2 : (
New Testament )
any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message ; "
the parable of the prodigal son "
Parable \
Par "
a *
ble \,
v .
t .
To represent by parable . [
R .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Which by the ancient sages was thus parabled . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Parable \
Par "
a *
ble \,
a . [
L .
parabilis ,
fr .
parare to provide .]
Procurable . [
Obs .] --
Sir T .
Browne .
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1913 Webster ]
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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39 Moby Thesaurus words for "
parable ":
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 .)
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