Strong's Hebrew lexicon
H4912 mashal
H4912 mashal (Hebrew): apparently from 4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse):--byword, like, parable, proverb.…
- H4912
- Hebrew lexicon
- mashal
- KJV concordance
- his parable
- a parable
- a proverb
Meaning and word study
- Transliteration
- maw-shawl'
- Definition
- apparently from 4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse):--byword, like, parable, proverb. see HEBREW for 04910
- KJV phrases tagged with this entry
- his parable (9), a parable (6), a proverb (3), this proverb (3), proverbs (2), The proverbs (2), and a proverb (2), Therefore it became a proverb (1), the proverb (1), shall be a proverb (1), like (1), us a byword (1), to a parable (1), and I became a proverb (1), in a parable (1), also proverbs (1)
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