KJV dictionary & concordance

allegory

Meaning of “allegory”

A figurative representation or correspondence.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Galatians 4:24

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Galatians 4:24 · retained source text

Which things are an Allegorie; for these are the two Couenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

1611 marginal noteOr, testaments.

Source order

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Historical English dictionary sources

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 151