מָשַׁל
mâshal · maw-shal'
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
Lexicon
Derivation: denominative from H4912 (מָשָׁל);
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
- to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like)
- intransitively, to resemble
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָשַׁל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- wherefore they that speak in proverbs1 · 6%
- and i am become like1 · 6%
- to me, i become1 · 6%
- not: he is like1 · 6%
- not, is like1 · 6%
- from me, lest i be like1 · 6%
- as we? art thou become like1 · 6%
- and compare1 · 6%
- and they shall no more use it as a proverb1 · 6%
- behold, every one that useth proverbs1 · 6%
- shall use this proverb1 · 6%
- and speak1 · 6%
- what mean ye, that ye use1 · 6%
- ye shall not have occasion any more to use1 · 6%
- of me, doth he not speak1 · 6%
- and utter1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.