Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4911
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- mashal
- Pronunciation
- maw-shal'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4911
- Brief meaning
- To liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like), intransitively
- Source renderings
- be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter
- Root word
- denominative from H4912
- Full definition from the source
- To liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble. Root word: denominative from H4912.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H4912
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
04911\ 4911 mashal maw-shal' denominative from 4912; to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble:--be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter. see HEBREW for 04912