Words the Bible translates as figure
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- parabolēπαραβολήa comparison: a saying or story that teaches by setting one thing beside another, from a one-line proverb to a full narrative
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- a symbol or foreshadowing: something visible that stands for and points ahead to a deeper reality
- tavnitתַּבְנִיתa model or figure of a thing's shape: either a plan to build from or a likeness of something that already exists
- tuposτύποςa formed impression and whatever corresponds to it: a mark, a model or pattern, an example to copy, or a foreshadowing of what is to come
- to'arתֹּאַרoutward form: the visible shape or figure of a body, and how it looks to the eye
- gizrahגִּזְרָהthe shape of a person's body as the eye takes it in: their figure or build.
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- the open ground marked off around Ezekiel's temple: a strip deliberately kept clear and off limits.
- maskitמַשְׂכִּיתfigurenot studied yet
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