Word Study · Strong's H4911
מָשַׁל
mâshal
“to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like)”
- 16occurrencescanonical count
- 16tagged so farloaded book by book
- 5books spannedamong tagged text
Strong's Dictionary (1890, public domain)
Definition
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble KJV usage: be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
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Numbers1 occurrence
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:The first tagged occurrence in Numbers.
Job1 occurrence
He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.The first tagged occurrence in Job.
Psalms4 occurrences
Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.The first tagged occurrence in Psalms.
Isaiah2 occurrences
All they shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?The first tagged occurrence in Isaiah.
Ezekiel8 occurrences
Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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 fulfilment of every vision.The first tagged occurrence in Ezekiel.
Ezekiel 12:23יִמְשְׁל֥וּyim.she.Lu — people will use as a proverbHVqi3mpEzekiel 16:44יִמְשֹׁ֖לyim.Shol — he will speak a proverbHVqi3msEzekiel 16:44הַמֹּשֵׁ֔לha.mo.Shel — <the> [one who] speaks a proverbHTd/VqrmsaEzekiel 17:2וּמְשֹׁ֣לu.me.Shol — and speak a parableHC/Vqv2msEzekiel 18:2מֹֽשְׁלִים֙mo.she.Lim — [are] speaking a proverbHVqrmpaEzekiel 18:3מְשֹׁ֛לme.Shol — to speak a proverbHVqccEzekiel 20:49מְמַשֵּׁ֥לme.ma.Shel — making a parableHVprmsaEzekiel 24:3וּמְשֹׁ֤לu.me.Shol — and speak a parableHC/Vqv2ms