# מָשָׁל (mashal)

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

Strong’s H4912. 39 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)

King James renderings: byword, like, parable, proverb.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/mashal-h4912

## Occurrences

- [Numbers 23:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/7) — And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, cur…
- [Numbers 23:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/18) — And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- [Numbers 24:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/3) — And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- [Numbers 24:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/15) — And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- [Numbers 24:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/20) — And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he pe…
- [Numbers 24:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/21) — And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
- [Numbers 24:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/23) — And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
- [Deuteronomy 28:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/37) — And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
- [1 Samuel 10:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/10/12) — And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
- [1 Samuel 24:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/24/13) — As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
- [1 Kings 4:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/4/32) — And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
- [1 Kings 9:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/9/7) — Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of m…
- [2 Chronicles 7:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/7/20) — Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I…
- [Job 13:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/13/12) — Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
- [Job 27:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/27/1) — Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- [Job 29:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/29/1) — Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- [Psalms 44:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/44/14) — Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
- [Psalms 49:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/49/4) — I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
- [Psalms 69:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/69/11) — I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
- [Psalms 78:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/2) — I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
- [Proverbs 1:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/1) — The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
- [Proverbs 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/6) — To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
- [Proverbs 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/1) — The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- [Proverbs 25:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/1) — These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
- [Proverbs 26:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/7) — The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- [Proverbs 26:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/9) — As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- [Ecclesiastes 12:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/12/9) — And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order…
- [Isaiah 14:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/4) — That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
- [Jeremiah 24:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/24/9) — And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curs…
- [Ezekiel 12:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/12/22) — Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
- [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 14:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/14/8) — And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye…
- [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…
- [Micah 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/2/4) — In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed…
- [Habakkuk 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/2/6) — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is no…