- Original: παροιμία - 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 and perhaps a derivative of G3633 - TDNT entry: 19:14,8 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From a compound of G3844 and perhaps a derivative of G3633 ; apparently a state alongside of supposition that is (concretely) an adage; specifically an enigmatical or fictitious illustration: - parable proverb. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • parable, 1 Joh 10:6 • proverb, 2 Joh 16:29; 2 Peter 2:22