4912 - mashal

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מָשָׁל
Transliteration: mashal
Definition (short): proverb
Definition (full): a pithy maxim, a simile

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from mashal
Definition: a proverb, parable
NASB Translation: byword (3), discourse (9), parable (3), parables (1), proverb (15), proverbs (6), taunt (2), taunt-song (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Apparently from mashal in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse) -- byword, like, parable, proverb.

see HEBREW mashal

KJV: 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.
NASB: He took up his discourse and said, "From Aram Balak has brought me, Moab's king from the mountains of the East, 'Come curse Jacob for me, And come, denounce Israel!'
KJV: And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
NASB: Then he took up his discourse and said, "Arise, O Balak, and hear; Give ear to me, O son of Zippor!
KJV: And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
NASB: He took up his discourse and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened;
KJV: And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
NASB: He took up his discourse and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
KJV: 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 perish for ever.
NASB: And he looked at Amalek and took up his discourse and said, "Amalek was the first of the nations, But his end shall be destruction."