--- title: "Strong" description: "H4912 מָשָׁל (mâshâl) definition: properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/lexicon/H4912" --- ## H4912 Definition Strong's number H4912 Lemma מָשָׁל Transliteration mâshâl Pronunciation maw-shawl' Strong's definition properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse) byword, like, parable, proverb. apparently from [H4910](/lexicon/H4910) (מָשַׁל) in some original sense of superiority in mental action; ## 39 instances of the word מָשָׁל mâshâl (H4912) Previous { const params = page.url.searchParams; const paramsString = getSearchParamsWithoutPage(params).toString(); return paramsString ? `?${paramsString}` : ""; }?page=2" class="relative ml-3 inline-flex items-center rounded-md border border-gray-300 bg-white px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium text-gray-700 hover:bg-gray-50">Next Showing 1 to 20 of 39 results All BooksGenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SolomonIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachi --- - 1 Kings 4:32 - And he spake three thousand proverbs and his songs and five thousand - 1 Kings 9:7 - Then will I cut off Israel of my sight of the land which I have given them and this house which I have hallowed for my ~ will I cast out of my sight Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people - 1 Samuel 10:12 - of the same place answered And one and said But who is their father Therefore it became a proverb Is Saul also among the prophets - 1 Samuel 24:13 - As saith the proverb of the ancients from the wicked proceedeth Wickedness but mine hand - 2 Chronicles 7:20 - Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land and will make them and this house which I have sanctified for my name will I cast out of my sight and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations - Deuteronomy 28:37 - And thou shalt become an astonishment a proverb and a byword among all nations shall lead whither the LORD - Ecclesiastes 12:9 - And moreover because the preacher was wise he still taught knowledge the people and sought out and set in order proverbs many - Ezekiel 12:22 - Son of man what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel saying are prolonged The days faileth and every vision - Ezekiel 12:23 - Tell Tell the Lord to cease I will make this proverb and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel but say are at hand unto them The days and the effect of every vision - Ezekiel 14:8 - And I will set my face against that man and will make him a sign and a proverb and I will cut him off from the midst of my people and ye shall know that I am the LORD - 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 teeth and the children's are set on edge - Ezekiel 18:3 - As I live saith the Lord GOD ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel - Ezekiel 20:49 - they say I Ah Lord GOD they say of me Doth he not speak parables - Ezekiel 24:3 - And utter house unto the rebellious a parable and say and say the Lord GOD Set on a pot Set on and also pour water - Habakkuk 2:6 - a parable Shall not all these take up against him and a taunting proverb against him and say Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay - Isaiah 14:4 - That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon and say ceased How hath the oppressor ceased the golden city - Jeremiah 24:9 - And I will deliver for their hurt into all the kingdoms of the earth to be a reproach and a proverb a taunt and a curse in all places whither I shall drive - Job 13:12 - Your remembrances are like unto ashes to bodies of clay to bodies - Job 27:1 - continued Moreover Job his parable and said Previous { const params = page.url.searchParams; const paramsString = getSearchParamsWithoutPage(params).toString(); return paramsString ? 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