H4912 משׁל - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Number

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions

BDB4874

משׁל

1. proverb, parable
a. proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism
b. byword
c. similitude, parable
d. poem
e. sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims
Origin: apparently from H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action
TWOT: 1258a
Parts of Speech: Noun Masculine

TBESH:

מָשָׁל: ma.shal; H:N-M; proverb; 1) proverb, parable
1a) proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism
1b) byword
1c) similitude, parable
1d) poem
1e) sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims

View how H4912 משׁל is used in the Bible

First 30 of 39 occurrences of H4912 משׁל

Numbers 23:7	his parable,
Numbers 23:18	his parable,
Numbers 24:3	his parable,
Numbers 24:15	his parable,
Numbers 24:20	his parable,
Numbers 24:21	his parable,
Numbers 24:23	his parable,
Deuteronomy 28:37	a proverb,
1 Samuel 10:12	Therefore it became a proverb,
1 Samuel 24:13	the proverb
1 Kings 4:32	proverbs:
1 Kings 9:7	shall be a proverb
2 Chronicles 7:20	it to be a proverb
Job 13:12	are like
Job 27:1	his parable,
Job 29:1	his parable,
Psalms 44:14	us a by word
Psalms 49:4	to a parable:
Psalms 69:11	and I became a proverb
Psalms 78:2	in a parable:
Proverbs 1:1	The proverbs
Proverbs 1:6	a proverb,
Proverbs 10:1	The proverbs
Proverbs 25:1	These are also proverbs
Proverbs 26:7	so is a parable
Proverbs 26:9	so is a parable
Ecclesiastes 12:9	proverbs.
Isaiah 14:4	this proverb
Jeremiah 24:9	and a proverb,
Ezekiel 12:22	what is that proverb

Distinct usage

9	his parable,
4	a parable
3	this proverb
2	The proverbs
2	a proverb,
2	so is a parable
2	and a proverb,
1	Therefore it became a proverb,
1	the proverb
1	proverbs:
1	are like
1	to a parable:
1	and I became a proverb
1	in a parable:
1	These are also proverbs
1	proverbs.
1	shall be a proverb
1	it to be a proverb
1	what is that proverb
1	us a by word
1	I will make this proverb
1	parables?

Related words

H4912

H4911 משׁל mâshal

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.

H4910 משׁל mâshal

משׁל
mâshal
maw-shal'
A primitive root; to rule

KJV Usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule (-ing, -r), have power.

H4474 ממשׁל mimshâl

ממשׁל
mimshâl
mim-shawl'
From H4910; a ruler or (abstractly) rule

KJV Usage: dominion, that ruled.

H4915 משׁל môshel

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

KJV Usage: dominion, like.