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Hebrew-Aramaic
H4911

Original: משׁל
Transliteration: mashal (mâshal)
Phonetic: maw-shal'
BDB Definition:
  1. to represent, liken, be like
    1. (Niphal) to liken, be like, be similar
    2. (Hiphil) to compare
    3. (Hithpael) to become like
  2. to speak in a proverb, use a proverb, speak in parables, speak in sentences of poetry
    1. (Qal) to use a proverb, speak a parable or proverb
    2. (Piel) to make a parable
      1. maker of parables (participle)
Origin: denominative from H4912
TWOT entry: 1258,1258b
Part(s) of speech: Verb
Strong's Definition: Denominative from H4912; to liken, that is, (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively to resemble: - be (-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:
All Occurrences
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
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.(a)
Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
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.(a)
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
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.
Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
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?
As I live, saith the Lord God , ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Then said I, Ah Lord God ! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.


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