Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H4912: מָשָׁל (mâshâl) 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 (מָשַׁל) in some original sense of superiority in mental action;

39 instances of the word מָשָׁל mâshâl (H4912)


  • Job 29:1 - continued Moreover Job his parable and said

  • Micah 2:4 - In that day shall one take up a parable against you and lament lamentation with a doleful and say We be utterly We be utterly the portion of my people he hath changed how hath he removed our fields he hath divided

  • Numbers 23:7 - And he took up his parable and said me from Aram hath brought Balak the king of Moab out of the mountains of the east curse me Jacob defy Israel

  • Numbers 23:18 - And he took up his parable and said Rise up Balak and hear hearken unto me thou son of Zippor

  • Numbers 24:3 - And he took up his parable and said hath said Balaam the son of Beor hath said and the man are open whose eyes

  • Numbers 24:15 - And he took up his parable and said hath said Balaam the son of Beor hath said and the man are open whose eyes

  • Numbers 24:20 - And when he looked Amalek he took up his parable and said was the first of the nations Amalek but his latter for ever end shall be that he perish

  • Numbers 24:21 - And he looked on the Kenites and took up his parable and said Strong is thy dwellingplace and thou puttest in a rock thy nest

  • Numbers 24:23 - And he took up his parable and said Alas who shall live doeth when God

  • Proverbs 1:1 - The proverbs of Solomon the son of David king of Israel

  • Proverbs 1:6 - To understand a proverb and the interpretation the words of the wise and their dark sayings

  • Proverbs 10:1 - The proverbs of Solomon son A wise maketh a glad father son but a foolish is the heaviness of his mother

  • Proverbs 25:1 - These are also proverbs of Solomon copied out of Hezekiah king of Judah

  • Proverbs 26:7 - are not equal The legs of the lame so is a parable in the mouth of fools

  • Proverbs 26:9 - As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard so is a parable in the mouth of fools

  • Psalms 44:14 - Thou makest us a byword among the heathen a shaking of the head among the people

  • Psalms 49:4 - I will incline to a parable mine ear I will open upon the harp my dark saying

  • Psalms 69:11 - I made also my garment sackcloth and I became a proverb

  • Psalms 78:2 - I will open in a parable my mouth I will utter dark sayings of old