H4911 מָשַׁל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 16 KJV occurrences
מָשַׁל
mâshal · maw-shal'
Definition
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
KJV Renderings
be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
Derivation / Etymology
denominative from H4912 (מָשָׁל);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 16)
- Numbers 21:27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
- Psalms 28:1Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
- Psalms 49:20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
- Isaiah 14:10All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
- Ezekiel 12:23Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
- Ezekiel 16:44¶ Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
- Ezekiel 18:2What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
- Ezekiel 20:49Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?