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;
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- 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 23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- Numbers 24:3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- Numbers 24:15¶ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- 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.
- Numbers 24:21And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
- Numbers 24:23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
- Deuteronomy 28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
- 1 Samuel 10:12And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
- 1 Samuel 24:13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
- 1 Kings 4:32And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
- 1 Kings 9:7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
- 2 Chronicles 7:20Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
- Job 13:12Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
- Job 27:1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- Job 29:1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- Psalms 44:14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
- Psalms 49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
- Psalms 69:11I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
- Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
- Proverbs 1:1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
- Proverbs 1:6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
- Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- Proverbs 25:1These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
- Proverbs 26:7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.