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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Allegory</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/a/allegory.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/john/10-6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/a/allegory.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Allegory</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/a/allegorized.htm" title="Allegorized">◄</a> Allegory <a href="/topical/a/allegory_of_divine_love.htm" title="Allegory of Divine Love">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#smi" title="Smith's Bible Dictionary">Smith's</a> • <a href="#amt" title="American Tract Society Bible Dictionary">ATS</a> • <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> • <a href="#eas" title="Easton's Bible Dictionary">Easton's</a> • <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>An allegory is a literary device in which characters, events, and details within a narrative are used to symbolize deeper moral, spiritual, or political meanings. In biblical interpretation, allegory is employed to uncover the spiritual significance behind the literal text. This method of interpretation has been used throughout church history to draw out the deeper meanings of Scripture, often revealing the divine truths and principles that God intends to communicate through His Word.<br><br><b>Biblical Examples of Allegory</b><br><br>One of the most explicit examples of allegory in the Bible is found in the New Testament, where the Apostle Paul uses allegory to explain the relationship between the Old and New Covenants. In <a href="/galatians/4-22.htm">Galatians 4:22-26</a> , Paul writes:<br><br>"For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise. These things serve as an allegory, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar. Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother."<br><br>In this passage, Paul uses the historical figures of Hagar and Sarah, along with their sons Ishmael and Isaac, to illustrate the contrast between the Old Covenant of the Law and the New Covenant of grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Hagar and her son Ishmael represent the Old Covenant, which leads to bondage, while Sarah and her son Isaac symbolize the New Covenant, which brings freedom.<br><br><b>Allegory in the Old Testament</b><br><br>The Old Testament also contains allegorical elements, particularly in the poetic and prophetic books. For instance, the Song of Solomon is often interpreted allegorically as a depiction of the love relationship between God and His people, or Christ and the Church. The imagery of a bride and bridegroom is used to convey the intimate and covenantal relationship that God desires with His people.<br><br>In <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/23.htm">Ezekiel 23</a>, the prophet uses allegory to describe the unfaithfulness of Israel and Judah through the account of two sisters, Oholah and Oholibah, representing Samaria and Jerusalem, respectively. This allegory serves as a powerful indictment of the spiritual adultery and idolatry that led to the nations' downfall.<br><br><b>The Role of Allegory in Interpretation</b><br><br>While allegory can provide profound insights into the spiritual truths of Scripture, it is important to approach it with caution. Allegorical interpretation should not overshadow the plain and historical meaning of the text. The primary focus should remain on the literal and historical context, with allegory serving as a supplementary tool to enhance understanding.<br><br>The early Church Fathers, such as Origen and Augustine, often employed allegorical interpretation to explore the spiritual dimensions of Scripture. However, the Reformers, including Martin Luther and John Calvin, emphasized the importance of the literal sense of Scripture, cautioning against excessive allegorization that could lead to subjective interpretations.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>Allegory remains a valuable tool in biblical interpretation, offering a means to explore the rich spiritual and theological depths of Scripture. By discerning the allegorical elements within the biblical text, believers can gain a deeper appreciation for the divine truths and principles that God has woven into His Word.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Allegory</span><p>a figure of speech, which has been defined by Bishop Marsh, in accordance with its etymology as, "a representation of one thing which is intended to excite the representation of another thing." ("A figurative representation containing a meaning other than and in addition to the literal." "A fable or parable; is a short allegory with one definite moral."--Encyc. Brit.) In every allegory there is a twofold sense--the immediate or historic, which is understood from the words, and the ultimate, which is concerned with the things signified by the words. The allegorical interpretation is not of the words, but of the thing signified by them, and not only may, but actually does, coexist with the literal interpretation in every allegory, whether the narrative in which it is conveyed be of things possible or real. An illustration of this may be seen in (<a href="/galatians/4-24.htm">Galatians 4:24</a>) where the apostle gives an allegorical interpretation to the historical narrative of Hagar and Sarah, not treating that narrative as an allegory in itself; as our Authorized Version would lead us to suppose, but drawing from it a deeper sense than is conveyed by the immediate representation. (Addison's <i>Vision of Mirza</i> and Bunyan's <i>Pilgrim's Progress</i> are among the best allegories in all literature.)<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Allegory</span><p>A figurative mode of discourse, which employs terms literally belonging to one thing, in order to express another. It is strictly a prolonged metaphor. Such are Nathan's address to David, <a href="/context/2_samuel/12-1.htm">2 Samuel 12:1</a> 14; <a href="/context/psalms/80-1.htm">Psalm 80:1-19</a>, and our Lord's parable of the sower, <a href="/context/luke/8-5.htm">Luke 8:5</a> 15. The expression, "which things are an allegory," <a href="/context/galatians/4-24.htm">Galatians 4:24</a>, means that the events in the life of Isaac and Ishmael, mentioned in previous verses, have been allegorically applied. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Used only in <a href="/galatians/4-24.htm">Galatians 4:24</a>, where the apostle refers to the history of Isaac the free-born, and Ishmael the slave-born, and makes use of it allegorically.<p>Every parable is an allegory. Nathan (<a href="/2_samuel/12-1.htm">2 Samuel 12:1</a>-4) addresses David in an allegorical narrative. In the eightieth Psalm there is a beautiful allegory: "Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt," etc. In <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:2</a>-6, there is a striking allegorical description of old age. <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A figurative discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject; a parable. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ALLEGORY</span><p>al'-e-go-ri: The term allegory, being derived from allo agoreuein, signifying to say something different from what the words themselves imply, can etymologically be applied to any figurative form of expression of thought. In actual usage in theology, the term is employed in a restricted sense, being used however in three ways, namely, rhetorically, hermeneutically and homiletically. In the first-mentioned sense it is the ordinary allegory of rhetoric, which is usually defined as an extended or continued metaphor, this extension expanding from two or more statements to a whole volume, like Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Allegories of this character abound in the Scriptures, both in Old Testament and in New Testament. Instructive examples of this kind are found in <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-19</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:3-7</a> <a href="/john/10-1.htm">John 10:1-16</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-11.htm">Ephesians 6:11-17</a>. According to traditional interpretation of both the Jewish exegesis and of the Catholic and Protestant churches the entire book of Canticles is such an allegory. The subject is discussed in full in Terry's Biblical Hermeneutics, etc., chapter vii, 214-38.<br><br>In the history of Biblical exegesis allegory represents a distinct type of interpretation, dating back to pre-Christian times, practiced particularly by the Alexandrian Jews, and adopted by the early Church Fathers and still practiced and defended by the Roman Catholic church. This method insists that the literal sense, particularly of historical passages, does not exhaust the divinely purposed meaning of such passages, but that these latter also include a deeper and higher spiritual and mystical sense. The fourfold sense ascribed to the Scriptures finds its expression in the well-known saying: Littera gesta docet; quid credas, allegorica; moralis, quid agas, quid speres, anagogica ("The letter shows things done; what you are to believe, the allegoric; what you are to do, the moral; what you are to hope, the anagogic"), according to which the allegorical is the hidden dogmatical meaning to be found in every passage.<br><br>Cremer, in his Biblico-Theological New Testament Lexicon, shows that this method of finding a hidden thought behind the simple statement of a passage, although practiced so extensively on the Jewish side by Aristobulus and especially Philo, is not of Jewish origin, but was, particularly by the latter, taken from the Alexandrian Greeks (who before this had interpreted Greek mythology as the expression of higher religious conceptions) and applied to a deeper explanation of Old Testament historical data, together with its theophanies, anthropomorphisms, anthropopathies, and the like, which in their plain meaning were regarded as unworthy of a place in the Divine revelation of the Scriptures. Such allegorizing became the common custom of the early Christian church, although not practiced to the same extent in all sections, the Syrian church exhibiting the greatest degree of sobriety in this respect. In this only Jewish precedent was followed; the paraphrases commonly known as the Targum, the Midrash, and later in its most extreme form in the Kabbalah, all showed this mark of eisegesis instead of exegesis. This whole false hermeneutical principle and its application originated doubtless in an unhistorical conception of what the Scriptures are and how they originated. It is characteristic of the New Testament, and one of the evidences of its inspiration, that in the entire Biblical literature of that age, both Jewish and Christian, it is the only book that does not practice allegorizing but abides by the principle of the literal interpretation. Nor is Paul's exegesis in <a href="/galatians/4-21.htm">Galatians 4:21-31</a> an application of false allegorical methods. Here in <a href="/galatians/4-24.htm">Galatians 4:24</a> the term allegoroumena need not be taken in the technical sense as expressive of a method of interpretation, but merely as a paraphrase of the preceding thought; or, if taken technically, the whole can be regarded as an argumentum ad hominem, a way of demonstration found also elsewhere in Paul's writings.<br><br>The Protestant church, beginning with Luther, has at all times rejected this allegorizing and adhered to the safe and sane principle, practiced by Christ and the entire New Testament, namely, Sensum ne inferas, sed efferas ("Do not carry a meaning into (the Scriptures) but draw it out of (the Scriptures)"). It is true that the older Protestant theology still adheres to a sensus mysticus in the Scriptures, but by this it means those passages in which the sense is conveyed not per verba (through words), but per res verbis descriptas ("through things described by means of words"), as e.g. in the parable and the type.<br><br>In homiletics allegorizing is applied to the method which draws spiritual truths from common historical statements, as e.g. when the healing of a leper by Christ is made the basis of an exposition of the healing of the soul by the Saviour. Naturally this is not interpretation in the exegetical sense.<br><br>G. H. Schodde<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3942.htm"><span class="l">3942. paroimia -- a byword, a parable, an <b>allegory</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a byword, a parable, an <b>allegory</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:<br> paroimia Phonetic Spelling: (par-oy-mee'-ah) Short Definition: an <b>allegory</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3942.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/238.htm"><span class="l">238. allegoreo -- to speak allegorically</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to allegorize. From allos and agoreo (to harangue (compare agora)); to allegorize --<br> be an <b>allegory</b> (the Greek word itself). see GREEK allos. see GREEK agora. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/238.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4911.htm"><span class="l">4911. mashal -- to represent, be like</span></a><br><b>...</b> Denominative from mashal; to liken, ie (transitively) to use figurative language<br> (an <b>allegory</b>, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble -- be(-come <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4911.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/edwards/the_expositors_bible_the_epistle_to_the_hebrews/chapter_vii_the_allegory_of.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Allegory</b> of Melchizedek.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER VII. THE <b>ALLEGORY</b> OF MELCHIZEDEK. HEBREWS vii.1-28 (RV). <b>...</b> All this<br> notwithstanding, his use of the <b>allegory</b> is original and most felicitous. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the expositors bible the epistle to the hebrews/chapter vii the allegory of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_clementine_homilies/chapter_xxiv_allegory.htm"><span class="l"><b>Allegory</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Homily IV. Chapter XXIV."<b>Allegory</b>. When Appion heard this, he said:<br> "I knew, ever since I heard that you were consorting with <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xxiv allegory.htm</font><p><a href="/library/methodius/the_banquet_of_the_ten_virgins_or_concerning_chastity/chapter_ii_the_allegory_of_the.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Allegory</b> of the Trees Demanding a King, in the Book of Judges <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Discourse X."Domnina. Chapter II."The <b>Allegory</b> of the Trees Demanding a<br> King, in the Book of Judges, Explained. But lest I should <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter ii the allegory of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/recognitions_of_clement_/chapter_xxxiii_allegory_of_jupiter_etc.htm"><span class="l"><b>Allegory</b> of Jupiter, Etc.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book X. Chapter XXXIII."<b>Allegory</b> of Jupiter, Etc. "Now this Jupiter the<br> Greeks would have to be called from his living, or giving <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xxxiii allegory of jupiter etc.htm</font><p><a href="/library/alexander/of_the_manichaeans/chapter_x_the_mythology_respecting_the.htm"><span class="l">The Mythology Respecting the Gods; the Dogmas of the Manich??ans <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter X."The Mythology Respecting the Gods; The Dogmas of the Manich??ans Resemble<br> This: the Homeric <b>Allegory</b> of the Battle of the Gods; Envy and Emulation <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../alexander/of the manichaeans/chapter x the mythology respecting the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/methodius/the_banquet_of_the_ten_virgins_or_concerning_chastity/chapter_ii_the_digressions_of_the.htm"><span class="l">The Digressions of the Apostle Paul; the Character of his Doctrine <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Digressions of the Apostle Paul; The Character of His Doctrine: Nothing in It<br> Contradictory; Condemnation of Origen, Who Wrongly Turns Everything into <b>Allegory</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter ii the digressions of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_manichaean_controversy_/faustus_states_his_objections_to.htm"><span class="l">Faustus States his Objections to the Morality of the Law and the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Faustus states his objections to the morality of the law and the prophets, and Augustin<br> seeks by the application of the type and the <b>allegory</b> to explain away <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../faustus states his objections to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_the_holy_trinity/chapter_9_of_the_term_enigma.htm"><span class="l">Of the Term "Enigma," and of Tropical Modes of Speech.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And hence some Latin translators, through unwillingness to employ a Greek word,<br> where the apostle says, "Which things are an <b>allegory</b>," [968] have rendered it <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 9 of the term enigma.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_the_profit_of_believing_/section_8_for_that_both.htm"><span class="l">For that Both History of the Old Testament...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of the Old Testament, and ??tiology, and analogy are found in the New Testament,<br> has been, as I think, sufficiently proved: it remains to show this of <b>allegory</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/on the profit of believing /section 8 for that both.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/discipline_and_other_sermons/sermon_ii_the_temple_of_wisdom.htm"><span class="l">The Temple of Wisdom</span></a> <br><b>...</b> This <b>allegory</b> has been a favourite one with many deep and lofty thinkers. <b>...</b> But whatever<br> they added to the <b>allegory</b>, they always preserved the <b>allegory</b> itself. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kingsley/discipline and other sermons/sermon ii the temple of wisdom.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/a/allegory.htm"><span class="l"><b>Allegory</b> (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Every parable is an <b>allegory</b>. <b>...</b> In the eightieth Psalm there is a beautiful<br><b>allegory</b>: "Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt," etc. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/allegory.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/accommodation.htm"><span class="l">Accommodation (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> DOUBLE REFERENCE IN SCRIPTURE 1. <b>Allegory</b> in Scripture 2. Hidden Truths of<br> Scripture 3. Prophecy and its Fulfillment 4. Conclusion IV. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/accommodation.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fable.htm"><span class="l">Fable</span></a><br><b>...</b> For fable, parable, <b>allegory</b>, etc., are all evolutions from a common stock,<br> and they tend to blend with each other. See <b>ALLEGORY</b>; PARABLE. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fable.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/songs.htm"><span class="l">Songs (100 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> First in point of time and in the number of adherents it has had is theory that<br> the So is a pure <b>allegory</b> of the love of Yahweh and His people. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/songs.htm - 62k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jonah.htm"><span class="l">Jonah (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Some critics have sought to interpret the book as a parable or <b>allegory</b>,<br> and not as a history. They have done so for various reasons. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jonah.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/song.htm"><span class="l">Song (207 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> First in point of time and in the number of adherents it has had is theory that<br> the So is a pure <b>allegory</b> of the love of Yahweh and His people. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/song.htm - 78k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/allegorical.htm"><span class="l">Allegorical (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Belonging to, or consisting of, <b>allegory</b>; of the<br> nature of an <b>allegory</b>; describing by resemblances; figurative. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/allegorical.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hagar.htm"><span class="l">Hagar (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> By this <b>allegory</b> the apostle would warn the Galatian Christians of the danger which<br> beset them from their Judaizing brethren, of their subjection to the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hagar.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm"><span class="l">Hosea (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> been divided as to whether in these chapters we have a recital of actual facts,<br> or the presentation of prophetic teaching in the form of parable or <b>allegory</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hosea.htm - 43k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/utterest.htm"><span class="l">Utterest (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Utterest (1 Occurrence). John 16:29 His disciples say<br> to him, Lo, now thou speakest openly and utterest no <b>allegory</b>. (DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/utterest.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-allegory.html">Does the Bible contain allegory? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Song-of-Solomon-allegory.html">Is Song of Solomon an allegory of God's love for Israel and/or Christ's love for the Church? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Job-true-story.html">Is the book of Job a true story or a parable/allegory? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/allegory.htm">Allegory: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Allegory (6 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/10-6.htm">John 10:6</a></span><br />This <span class="boldtext">allegory</span> spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was of which he spoke to them.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/16-29.htm">John 16:29</a></span><br />His disciples say to him, Lo, now thou speakest openly and utterest no <span class="boldtext">allegory</span>.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/4-24.htm">Galatians 4:24</a></span><br />These things contain an <span class="boldtext">allegory</span>, for these are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to bondage, which is Hagar.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/1-6.htm">Proverbs 1:6</a></span><br />to understand a proverb and an <span class="boldtext">allegory</span>, the words of the wise and their enigmas.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-2.htm">Ezekiel 17:2</a></span><br />Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/24-3.htm">Ezekiel 24:3</a></span><br />Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/a/allegory.htm">Allegory</a></p><p class="pspc"><a 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