# מָשַׁל (mashal)

Israeli respelling: ma-shal. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4911. 15 Old Testament occurrences.

to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble

King James renderings: be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/mashal-h4911

## Occurrences

- [Numbers 21:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/21/27) — Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
- [Job 30:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/30/19) — He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
- [Psalms 28:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Psalms 49:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/49/12) — Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
- [Psalms 49:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/49/20) — Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
- [Psalms 143:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Isaiah 14:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/10) — All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
- [Isaiah 46:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/46/5) — To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
- [Ezekiel 12:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Ezekiel 16:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/44) — Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
- [Ezekiel 17:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/17/2) — Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
- [Ezekiel 18:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Ezekiel 18:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/18/3) — As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
- [Ezekiel 20:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/20/49) — Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
- [Ezekiel 24:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 int…