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
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Etymology
apparently from H4910 (מָשַׁל) in some original sense of superiority in mental action;
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“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, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.”