Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4912
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-shawl'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4912
- Brief meaning
- Properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature, hence, a simile (as an adage
- Source renderings
- byword, like, parable, proverb
- Root word
- apparently from H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse). Root word: apparently from H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H4910
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.
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04912\ 4912 mashal maw-shawl' apparently from 4910 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 for 04910