Strong's H4911

מָשַׁל

Transliteration

mâshal

Pronunciation

maw-shal'

Definition

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

KJV usage

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

Derivation

denominative from H4912 (מָשָׁל);

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.