H4912 מָשָׁל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 39 KJV occurrences
מָשָׁל
mâshâl · maw-shawl'
Definition
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
KJV Renderings
byword, like, parable, proverb.
Derivation / Etymology
apparently from H4910 (מָשַׁל) in some original sense of superiority in mental action;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 39)
- Numbers 23:7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
- Numbers 24:20¶ And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
- 1 Samuel 24:13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
- Job 27:1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
- Proverbs 26:7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- Ezekiel 12:22Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
- Ezekiel 18:3As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.