# H4912 מָשָׁל

מָשָׁל (mâshâl), Strong’s H4912: properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse) KJV: byword, like, parable, proverb.. Occurs 38 times.

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*mâshâl* — properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)

KJV: byword, like, parable, proverb.

Derived from [מָשַׁל mâshal](https://besorah.bible/word/H4910) (to rule)

Occurs 38 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָשָׁל n.m. proverb, parable (of sentences constructed in parallelism, usu. of Hebrew Wisdom, but occas. of other types)

## Where it occurs
- [Numbers 23:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/23?v=7) — He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East…
- [Numbers 23:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/23?v=18) — He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
- [Numbers 24:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/24?v=3) — He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;
- [Numbers 24:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/24?v=15) — He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;
- [Numbers 24:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/24?v=20) — He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall…
- [Numbers 24:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/24?v=21) — He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, “Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the…
- [Numbers 24:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/24?v=23) — He took up his parable, and said, “Alas, who shall live when God does this?
- [Deuteronomy 28:37](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/28?v=37) — You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.
- [1 Samuel 10:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/10?v=12) — One from the same place answered, “Who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the…
- [1 Samuel 24:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/24?v=14) — As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.