- Original: משׁל
- Transliteration: Mashal
- Phonetic: maw-shawl'
- Definition:
1. proverb, parable
a. proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism
b. byword
c. similitude, parable
d. poem
e. sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims
- Origin: apparently from
H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action
- TWOT entry: 1258a
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine
- Strong's: Apparently from
H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly a pithy maxim usually of a metaphorical nature; hence a simile (as an adage poem discourse): - byword like parable proverb.
Total KJV Occurrences: 39
• byword, 1
Psalm 44:14
• like, 1
Job 13:12
• parable, 17
Numbers 23:7;
Numbers 23:18;
Numbers 24:3;
Numbers 24:15;
Numbers 24:20;
Numbers 24:21;
Numbers 24:23;
Job 27:1;
Job 29:1;
Psalm 49:4;
Psalm 78:2;
Proverbs 26:7;
Proverbs 26:9;
Ezekiel 17:2;
Ezekiel 24:3;
Micah 2:4;
Habakkuk 2:6
• parables, 1
Ezekiel 20:49
• proverb, 14
Deuteronomy 28:37;
1 Samuel 10:12;
1 Samuel 24:13;
1 Kings 9:7;
2 Chronicles 7:20;
Psalm 69:11;
Proverbs 1:6;
Isaiah 14:4;
Jeremiah 24:9;
Ezekiel 12:22;
Ezekiel 12:23;
Ezekiel 14:8;
Ezekiel 18:2;
Ezekiel 18:3
• proverbs, 5
1 Kings 4:32;
Proverbs 1:1;
Proverbs 10:1;
Proverbs 25:1;
Ecclesiastes 12:9