- Transliteration: Paroimia

- Phonetic: par-oy-mee'-ah

- Definition:

1. a saying out of the usual course or deviating from the usual manner of speaking

a. a current or trite saying, a proverb

2. any dark saying which shadows forth some didactic truth

a. esp. a symbolic or figurative saying

b. speech or discourse in which a thing is illustrated by the use of similes and comparisons

c. an allegory

1. extended and elaborate metaphor

- Origin: from a compound of G3844" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3844 and perhaps a derivative of G3633" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3633

- TDNT entry: 19:14,8

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From a compound of G3844" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3844 and perhaps a derivative of G3633" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3633; apparently a state alongside of supposition that is (concretely) an adage; specifically an enigmatical or fictitious illustration: - parable proverb.