G3846
G3846 — παραβάλλω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
paraballo (par-ab-al'-lo) v.
1. to throw alongside
2. (reflexively) to reach a place
3. (figuratively) to liken
[from G3844 and G906]
KJV: arrive, compare
Root(s): G3844, G906
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
arrive, compare
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παραβάλλω: 2 aorist παρέβαλον;
1. to throw before, cast to (cf. παρά, Winers Grammar, 1) (Homer, Plato, Polybius, Dio Cassius, others; as fodder to horses, Homer, Iliad 8, 504).
2. to put one thing by the side of another for the sake of comparison, to compare, liken (Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Josephus, Herodian): τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν παραβολή, to portray the kingdom of God (in), by the use of, a similitude, Mar 4:30 R G L marginal reading Tr marginal reading (cf. Buttmann, § 133, 22).
3. reflexively, to put oneself, betake oneself into a place or to a person (Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, (Diogenes Laërtius); of seamen (Herodotus 7, 179; Demosthenes, p. 163, 4; εἰς Ποτιόλους, Josephus, Antiquities 18, 6, 4), εἰς Σάμον, Act 20:15 (put in at (R. V. touched at)). For another use of this verb in Greek writings see παραβολεύομαι.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
παραβάλλω (arrive)
Mark 4:30
- KJV: And he said Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God or with what comparison shall we compare it
- GK: και έλεγε τίνι ομοιώσωμεν την βασιλείαν του θεού η εν ποία παραβολή παραβάλωμεν αυτήν
Acts 20:15
- KJV: And we sailed thence and came the next over against Chios and the next we arrived at Samos and tarried at Trogyllium and the next we came to Miletus
- GK: κακείθεν αποπλεύσαντες τη επιούση κατηντήσαμεν αντικρύ Χίου τη δε ετέρα παρεβάλομεν εις Σάμον και μείναντες εν Τρωγυλλίω τη εχομένη ήλθομεν εις Μίλητον