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
- Numbers 21:27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
- Job 30:19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
- 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.
- Psalms 49:12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalms 49:20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
- 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.
- Isaiah 14:10All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
- Isaiah 46:5To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
- 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 16:44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
- Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
- 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 18:3As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
- Ezekiel 20:49Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
- 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.