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Lexicon :: Strong's H4912 - māšāl

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מָשָׁל
Transliteration
māšāl
Pronunciation
maw-shawl'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from מָשַׁל (H4910) in some original sense of superiority in mental action
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1258a

Strong’s Definitions

מָשָׁל mâshâl, maw-shawl'; apparently from H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse):—byword, like, parable, proverb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H4912 in the following manner: proverb (19x), parable (18x), byword (1x), like (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H4912 in the following manner: proverb (19x), parable (18x), byword (1x), like (1x).

  1. proverb, parable

    1. proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism

    2. byword

    3. similitude, parable

    4. poem

    5. sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָשָׁל mâshâl, maw-shawl'; apparently from H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse):—byword, like, parable, proverb.
STRONGS H4912: Abbreviations
† II. מָשָׁל noun masculineIsaiah 14:4 proverb, parable (of sentences constructed in parallelism, usually of Hebrew Wisdom, but occasionally of other types); — absolute מ׳ Ezekiel 17:2 + 20 times; construct מְשַׁל 1 Samuel 24:14; suffix מְשָׁלוֺ Numbers 23:7 + 8 times; plural מְשָׁלִים Ecclesiastes 12:9 + 2 times; construct מִשְׁלֵי Proverbs 1:1 + 3 times; —
1. proverbial saying, brief terse sentence of popular sagacity 1 Samuel 10:12; Ezekiel 12:22, 23; Ezekiel 18:2, 3; הַקַדְמֹנִי מ׳ 1 Samuel 24:14 proverb of the ancients.
2. by-word Psalm 44:15; Psalm 69:12; לְמָשָׁל וְלִשְׁנִינָה Deuteronomy 28:37; 1 Kings 9:7; 2 Chronicles 7:20; Jeremiah 24:9; לְאוֺת וּלְמָשָׁל Ezekiel 14:8
3. prophetic figurative discourse: נָשָׂא מָשָׁל lift up, utter a מ׳ Numbers 23:7, 18; Numbers 24:3, 15, 20, 21, 23 (all of Balaam); Isaiah 14:4; Micah 2:4 (|| נהי) Habakkuk 2:6 (|| חידה), (compare Job 27:1; Job 29:1 for same phrase under 6).
4. similitude, parable, Ezekiel 17:2; Ezekiel 21:5; Ezekiel 24:3.
5. poem, of various kinds: the ode (Numbers 21:27-30), the 3,000 pieces traditionally ascribed to Solomon 1 Kings 5:12, didactic psalms Psalm 49:5; Psalm 78:2.
6. sentences of ethical wisdom דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים collected in the מִשְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹה Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 25:1 (Proverbs 10:1-22:16 consisting of 376 couplets chiefly antithetical; Proverbs 25-29 chiefly couplets of an emblematic type, but also occasional tristichs, tetrastichs, pentastichs, and decastichs. To these are appended דְּבָרִים of a more mixed character as to size and content Proverbs 22:7-24:22, 23-34; Proverbs 30:1-14; Proverbs 30:15-33; Proverbs 31:1-9; Proverbs 31:10-31; the Praise of Wisdom Proverbs 1:8-9 is prefixed, and an introduction to the whole Proverbs 1:1-7, in which the whole contents are represented as) משׁלים Proverbs 1:1, compare Proverbs 1:6. The references in Job 13:12; Job 27:1; Job 29:1; Proverbs 26:7, 9; Ecclesiastes 12:9 are to the same type of wisdom.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

21:27; 21:28; 21:29; 21:30; 23:7; 23:7; 23:18; 24:3; 24:15; 24:20; 24:21; 24:23

Deuteronomy

28:37

1 Samuel

10:12; 24:14; 24:14

1 Kings

9:7

2 Chronicles

7:20

Job

13:12; 27:1; 27:1; 29:1; 29:1

Psalms

44:15; 49:5; 69:12; 78:2

Proverbs

1:1; 1:1; 1:1; 1:2; 1:3; 1:4; 1:5; 1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 10:1; 10:1; 10:2; 10:3; 10:4; 10:5; 10:6; 10:7; 10:8; 10:9; 10:10; 10:11; 10:12; 10:13; 10:14; 10:15; 10:16; 10:17; 10:18; 10:19; 10:20; 10:21; 10:22; 10:23; 10:24; 10:25; 10:26; 10:27; 10:28; 10:29; 10:30; 10:31; 10:32; 11:1; 11:2; 11:3; 11:4; 11:5; 11:6; 11:7; 11:8; 11:9; 11:10; 11:11; 11:12; 11:13; 11:14; 11:15; 11:16; 11:17; 11:18; 11:19; 11:20; 11:21; 11:22; 11:23; 11:24; 11:25; 11:26; 11:27; 11:28; 11:29; 11:30; 11:31; 12:1; 12:2; 12:3; 12:4; 12:5; 12:6; 12:7; 12:8; 12:9; 12:10; 12:11; 12:12; 12:13; 12:14; 12:15; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:20; 12:21; 12:22; 12:23; 12:24; 12:25; 12:26; 12:27; 12:28; 13:1; 13:2; 13:3; 13:4; 13:5; 13:6; 13:7; 13:8; 13:9; 13:10; 13:11; 13:12; 13:13; 13:14; 13:15; 13:16; 13:17; 13:18; 13:19; 13:20; 13:21; 13:22; 13:23; 13:24; 13:25; 14:1; 14:2; 14:3; 14:4; 14:5; 14:6; 14:7; 14:8; 14:9; 14:10; 14:11; 14:12; 14:13; 14:14; 14:15; 14:16; 14:17; 14:18; 14:19; 14:20; 14:21; 14:22; 14:23; 14:24; 14:25; 14:26; 14:27; 14:28; 14:29; 14:30; 14:31; 14:32; 14:33; 14:34; 14:35; 15:1; 15:2; 15:3; 15:4; 15:5; 15:6; 15:7; 15:8; 15:9; 15:10; 15:11; 15:12; 15:13; 15:14; 15:15; 15:16; 15:17; 15:18; 15:19; 15:20; 15:21; 15:22; 15:23; 15:24; 15:25; 15:26; 15:27; 15:28; 15:29; 15:30; 15:31; 15:32; 15:33; 16:1; 16:2; 16:3; 16:4; 16:5; 16:6; 16:7; 16:8; 16:9; 16:10; 16:11; 16:12; 16:13; 16:14; 16:15; 16:16; 16:17; 16:18; 16:19; 16:20; 16:21; 16:22; 16:23; 16:24; 16:25; 16:26; 16:27; 16:28; 16:29; 16:30; 16:31; 16:32; 16:33; 17:1; 17:2; 17:3; 17:4; 17:5; 17:6; 17:7; 17:8; 17:9; 17:10; 17:11; 17:12; 17:13; 17:14; 17:15; 17:16; 17:17; 17:18; 17:19; 17:20; 17:21; 17:22; 17:23; 17:24; 17:25; 17:26; 17:27; 17:28; 18:1; 18:2; 18:3; 18:4; 18:5; 18:6; 18:7; 18:8; 18:9; 18:10; 18:11; 18:12; 18:13; 18:14; 18:15; 18:16; 18:17; 18:18; 18:19; 18:20; 18:21; 18:22; 18:23; 18:24; 19:1; 19:2; 19:3; 19:4; 19:5; 19:6; 19:7; 19:8; 19:9; 19:10; 19:11; 19:12; 19:13; 19:14; 19:15; 19:16; 19:17; 19:18; 19:19; 19:20; 19:21; 19:22; 19:23; 19:24; 19:25; 19:26; 19:27; 19:28; 19:29; 20:1; 20:2; 20:3; 20:4; 20:5; 20:6; 20:7; 20:8; 20:9; 20:10; 20:11; 20:12; 20:13; 20:14; 20:15; 20:16; 20:17; 20:18; 20:19; 20:20; 20:21; 20:22; 20:23; 20:24; 20:25; 20:26; 20:27; 20:28; 20:29; 20:30; 21:1; 21:2; 21:3; 21:4; 21:5; 21:6; 21:7; 21:8; 21:9; 21:10; 21:11; 21:12; 21:13; 21:14; 21:15; 21:16; 21:17; 21:18; 21:19; 21:20; 21:21; 21:22; 21:23; 21:24; 21:25; 21:26; 21:27; 21:28; 21:29; 21:30; 21:31; 22:1; 22:2; 22:3; 22:4; 22:5; 22:6; 22:7; 22:8; 22:9; 22:10; 22:11; 22:12; 22:13; 22:14; 22:15; 22:16; 25:1; 26:7; 26:9; 30:1; 30:2; 30:3; 30:4; 30:5; 30:6; 30:7; 30:8; 30:9; 30:10; 30:11; 30:12; 30:13; 30:14; 30:15; 30:16; 30:17; 30:18; 30:19; 30:20; 30:21; 30:22; 30:23; 30:24; 30:25; 30:26; 30:27; 30:28; 30:29; 30:30; 30:31; 30:32; 30:33; 31:1; 31:2; 31:3; 31:4; 31:5; 31:6; 31:7; 31:8; 31:9; 31:10; 31:11; 31:12; 31:13; 31:14; 31:15; 31:16; 31:17; 31:18; 31:19; 31:20; 31:21; 31:22; 31:23; 31:24; 31:25; 31:26; 31:27; 31:28; 31:29; 31:30; 31:31

Ecclesiastes

12:9; 12:9

Song of Songs

1

Isaiah

14:4; 14:4

Jeremiah

24:9

Ezekiel

12:22; 12:23; 14:8; 17:2; 17:2; 18:2; 18:3; 21:5; 24:3

Micah

2:4

Habakkuk

2:6

H4912

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Strong's Number H4912 matches the Hebrew מָשָׁל (māšāl),
which occurs 39 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying, "Balak, the king of Moab, brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, 'Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18 - Balaam uttered his oracle, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:3 - Then he uttered this oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:15 - Then he uttered this oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - Then Balaam looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle: "Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end will be that he will perish."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:21 - Then he looked on the Kenites and uttered this oracle: "Your dwelling place seems strong, and your nest is set on a rocky cliff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:23 - Then he uttered this oracle: "O, who will survive when God does this!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:37 - You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the LORD will drive you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:12 - A man who was from there replied, "And who is their father?" Therefore this became a proverb: "Is even Saul among the prophets?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:13 - It's like the old proverb says: 'From evil people evil proceeds.' But my hand will not be against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:32 - He composed 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:7 - then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:20 - then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:12 - Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:1 - And Job took up his discourse again:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:1 - Then Job continued his speech:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14 - You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:4 - I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11 - I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:2 - I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:1 - The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:6 - To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:1 - The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:1 - These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:7 - Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:9 - Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:9 - Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught knowledge to the people; he carefully evaluated and arranged many proverbs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: "Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:9 - I will bring such disaster on them that all the kingdoms of the earth will be horrified. I will make them an object of reproach, a proverbial example of disaster. I will make them an object of ridicule, an example to be used in curses. That is how they will be remembered wherever I banish them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22 - "Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel, 'The days pass slowly, and every vision fails'?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:23 - Therefore tell them, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: I hereby end this proverb; they will not recite it in Israel any longer.' But say to them, 'The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:8 - I will set my face against that person and will make him an object lesson and a byword and will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:2 - "Son of man, offer a riddle, and tell a parable to the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:2 - "What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, "'The fathers eat sour grapes And the children's teeth become numb?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:3 - "As surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:49 - Then I said, "O sovereign LORD! They are saying of me, 'Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:3 - Recite a proverb to this rebellious house and say to them, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: "'Set on the pot, set it on, pour water in it too;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day people will sing this taunt song to you - they will mock you with this lament: 'We are completely destroyed; they sell off the property of my people. How they remove it from me! They assign our fields to the conqueror.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - "But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: 'The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) - he who gets rich by extortion!'
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