H4911 mashal

Meaning and word study

Transliteration

maw-shal'

Definition

denominative from 4912; to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble:--be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter. see HEBREW for 04912

KJV phrases tagged with this entry

Behold, every one that useth proverbs (2), proverb (2), Wherefore they that speak in proverbs (1), and I am become like (1), to me, I become (1), not: he is like (1), not, is like (1), from me, lest I be like (1), as we? art thou become like (1), and compare (1), and they shall no more use it as a proverb (1), and speak (1), What mean ye, that ye use (1), any more to use (1), of me, Doth he not speak (1), And utter (1)

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Source: Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary, CrossWire distribution. License: Public domain. KJV word-tag alignment supplied by the CrossWire KJV module.