Strong's Hebrew · H4911
מָשַׁל
mâshal · maw-shal'
Definitionto liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
Derivationdenominative from H4912 (מָשָׁל);
KJV usagebe(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
Occurrences16 in the KJV · 15 verses
מָשַׁל in Scripture
Numbers 21:27
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
Job 30:19
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Psalms 28:1
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 49:12
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 49:20
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
Psalms 143:7
Hear 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 14:10
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
Isaiah 46:5
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Ezekiel 12:23
Tell 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 16:44
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Ezekiel 18:2
What 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?
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