παροιμία paroimía

Greek · Strong's G3942 · used 5 times in 4 verses

Meaning

apparently a state alongside of supposition, i.e. (concretely) an adage; specially, an enigmatical or fictitious illustration

In the King James Version: parable, proverb

Derivation: from a compound of G3844 (παρά) and perhaps a derivative of G3633 (οἴομαι);

John 10:6 Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
John 16:25 I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
John 16:29 His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
2 Peter 2:22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”