מָשָׁל
mâshâl(maw-shawl')
“properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
Translated in KJV as
bywordlikeparableproverb.
Etymology
apparently from H4910 (מָשַׁל) in some original sense of superiority in mental action;
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“Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?”