H4911

משל

mashal

Verb · Denominative from משל (H4912)

Denominative from H4912; to liken, i.e. (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.

Outline

to represent, liken, be like

(Niphal) to liken, be like, be similar
(Hiphil) to compare
(Hithpael) to become like

to speak in a proverb, use a proverb, speak in parables, speak in sentences of poetry

(Qal) to use a proverb, speak a parable or proverb
(Piel) to make a parable

maker of parables (participle)

Usages

Numbers 21:27

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

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Job 30:19

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

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Psalms 28:1

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.

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Psalms 49:12

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

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Psalms 49:20

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

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Psalms 143:7

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.

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Isaiah 14:10

All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

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Isaiah 46:5

¶ To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

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Ezekiel 12:23

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.

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Ezekiel 16:44

¶ Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

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Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

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Ezekiel 18:2

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?

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Ezekiel 18:3

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

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Ezekiel 20:49

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

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Ezekiel 24:3

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:

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