TBESH · H4911A
מָשַׁל · ma.shal · to liken
1) to represent, liken, be like 1a) (Niphal) to liken, be like, be similar 1b) (Hiphil) to compare 1c) (Hithpael) to become like
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ma.shal H4911
מָשַׁל (ma.shal) means “to liken” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מָשַׁל Hebrew · H4911 16 tagged occurrences in 15 verses
Pronunciation guide: maw-shal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H4911B
מָשַׁל · ma.shal · to use a proverb
1) to speak in a proverb, use a proverb, speak in parables, speak in sentences of poetry 1a) (Qal) to use a proverb, speak a parable or proverb 1b) (Piel) to make a parable 1b1) maker of parables (participle)
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
denominative from H4912 (מָשָׁל); to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
KJV glosses: be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
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How translators render H4911
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a byword | 1 |
| and i have become | 1 |
| he is like | 1 |
| i will be | 1 |
| is like | 1 |
| just telling | 1 |
| now speak a parable | 1 |
| or i will be like those | 1 |
| proverb | 1 |
| quote | 1 |
| recite | 1 |
| speak a parable | 1 |
| the poets | 1 |
| to whom will you compare me | 1 |
| who speak in proverbs | 1 |
| will quote this proverb | 1 |
| you have become like us | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and compare | 1 |
| and i am become like | 1 |
| and speak | 1 |
| and they shall no more use it as a proverb | 1 |
| and utter | 1 |
| any more to use | 1 |
| as we art thou become like | 1 |
| behold every one that useth proverbs | 1 |
| from me lest i be like | 1 |
| not he is like | 1 |
| not is like | 1 |
| of me doth he not speak | 1 |
| proverb | 1 |
| to me i become | 1 |
| what mean ye that ye use | 1 |
| wherefore they that speak in proverbs | 1 |
Verses containing H4911
Page 1 of 1. 15 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Numbers 21:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
Read word by word - Job 30:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
Read word by word - Psalms 28:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
Read word by word - Psalms 49:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.13
- Psalms 49:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.21
- Psalms 143:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
Read word by word - Isaiah 14:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
Read word by word - Isaiah 46:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
Read word by word - Ezekiel 12:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 16:44
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
Read word by word - Ezekiel 17:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
Read word by word - Ezekiel 18:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
Read word by word - Ezekiel 18:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 20:49
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.5
- Ezekiel 24:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
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