Dict: easton - Allegory

easton:

Allegory @ used only in kjv@Galatians:4:24, where the apostle refers to the history of Isaac the free-born, and Ishmael the slave-born, and makes use of it allegorically. Every parable is an allegory. Nathan ( kjv@2Samuel:12:1-4) addresses David in an allegorical narrative. In the eightieth Psalm there is a beautiful allegory: "Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt," etc. In kjv@Ecclesiastes:12:2-6, there is a striking allegorical description of old age.