H4911 משׁל - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number


משׁל
mâshal
maw-shal'
Denominative from H4912; to liken, that is, (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively to resemble

KJV Usage: be (-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.


Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions

BDB4873
BDB4875

משׁל

1. to represent, liken, be like
a. (Niphal) to liken, be like, be similar
b. (Hiphil) to compare
c. (Hithpael) to become like
2. to speak in a proverb, use a proverb, speak in parables, speak in sentences of poetry
a. (Qal) to use a proverb, speak a parable or proverb
b. (Piel) to make a parable
1. maker of parables (participle)
Origin: denominative from H4912
TWOT: 1258,1258b
Parts of Speech: Verb

View how H4911 משׁל is used in the Bible

16 occurrences of H4911 משׁל

Numbers 21:27 Therefore they that speak in proverbs
Job 30:19 and I have become like
Psalms 28:1 to me, I should become
Psalms 49:12 not: he is like
Psalms 49:20 not, is like
Psalms 143:7 from me, lest I be like
Isaiah 14:10 as we? art thou become like
Isaiah 46:5 and compare
Ezekiel 12:23 and they shall no more use it as a proverb
Ezekiel 16:44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs
Ezekiel 16:44 shall use this proverb
Ezekiel 17:2 and speak
Ezekiel 18:2 What mean ye, that ye use
Ezekiel 18:3 ye shall not have occasion any more to use
Ezekiel 20:49 of me, Doth he not speak
Ezekiel 24:3 And utter

Distinct usage

1 Therefore they that speak in proverbs
1 and I have become like
1 as we? art thou become like
1 and compare
1 Behold, every one that useth proverbs
1 shall use this proverb
1 and speak
1 from me, lest I be like
1 not, is like
1 not: he is like
1 to me, I should become
1 What mean ye, that ye use
1 and they shall no more use it as a proverb
1 ye shall not have occasion any more to use
1 of me, Doth he not speak
1 And utter

Corresponding Greek Words

mashal G757 archo
mashal G758 archon
mashal G935 basileus
mashal G1203 despotes
mashal G1413 dunastes
mashal G1850 exousiazo
mashal G2233 hegeomai
mashal G2296 thaumazo
mashal G2355 threnos
mashal G2470 isos
mashal G2901 krataioo
mashal G2902 krateo
mashal G2961 kurieuo
mashal G2962 kurios
mashal G3850 parabole
mashal G3942 paroimia
mashal hi. G2525 kath istemi
mashal hi. G5293 hupo tasso
mashal ni. G3666 homoioo
mashal qal,hi G2634 kata kurieuo
mashal qal,pi G3004 lego


Related words

H4911

H4914 משׁל me shôl
משׁל
me shôl
mesh-ol'
From H4911; a satire

KJV Usage: byword.


H4915 משׁל môshel
משׁל
môshel
mo'-shel
(1) from H4910; empire; (2) from H4911; a parallel

KJV Usage: dominion, like.


H4912 משׁל mâshâl

משׁל
mâshâl
maw-shawl'
Apparently from H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly a pithy maxim, usually of a metaphorical nature; hence a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)

KJV Usage: byword, like, parable, proverb.