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Strong’s H4911 · Hebrew

מָשַׁל

mâshal · maw-shal'

Origin denominative from מָשָׁל (H4912);

Meaning to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble

In the King James Version be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.

In 15 verses of the King James Version

  1. Numbers 21:27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
  2. Job 30:19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
  3. Psalms 28:1A Psalm of David. Unto 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.
  4. Psalms 49:12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
  5. Psalms 49:20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
  6. Psalms 143:7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
  7. Isaiah 14:10All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
  8. Isaiah 46:5To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
  9. 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.
  10. Ezekiel 16:44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
  11. Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
  12. 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?
  13. Ezekiel 18:3As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
  14. Ezekiel 20:49Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
  15. Ezekiel 24:3And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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