H4911 מָשַׁל
mâshal — to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
KJV: be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
Derived from מָשָׁל mâshâl (a pithy maxim)
Occurs 17 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [מָשַׁל] vb. represent, be like
- Niph. be like, similar
- Hiph. compare
- Hithp. and I have become like dust
- מָשַׁל vb. denom
- מָשַׁל vb. denom. use a proverb, speak in parables or sentences of poetry, esp. Ezek.
- Qal use a proverb
- Pi. is he not a maker of parables?
Where it occurs
- Numbers 21:27 — Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
- Isaiah 14:10 — They all will answer and ask you, “Have you also become as weak as we are? Have you become like us?”
- Isaiah 46:5 — “To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same?
- Ezekiel 12:23 — Tell them therefore, ‘The Lord GOD says: “I will make this proverb to cease, and they will no more use it as a proverb…
- Ezekiel 16:44 — “‘“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you, saying, ‘As is the mother, so is her daughter.’
- Ezekiel 17:2 — “Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
- Ezekiel 18:2 — “What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning Eretz-Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and…
- Ezekiel 18:3 — “As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel.
- Ezekiel 21:5 — Then I said, “Ah Lord GOD! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”
- Ezekiel 24:3 — Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on…