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.
Tit 1:7For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wineG3943, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;