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Bible Lexicons
Bullinger's Figures of Speech Used in the Bible Bullinger's Figures of Speech
Apologue; or Fable
A Fictitious Narrative used for Illustration
Ap´-o-logue. Greek, ἀπόλογος, from ἀπό (apo), from, and λόγος (logos), speech (from λέγειν, to speak), a story, tale; and especially a fable. Latin, FABULA, a fable.
An Apologue (or Fable) differs from a Parable, in that the Parable describes what is likely or probable, or at any rate what is believed by the hearers as probable, while the Fable is not limited by such considerations, and is used of impossiblities, such as trees, or animals, and inanimate things talking and acting.
The Fable, therefore, is a fictitious narrative intended to illustrate some maxim or truth.
Judges 9:8-15 would be a Fable, were it not explained in verse 16.
As it is, there are no examples of Fable, as such, in the Word of God.
