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)