- Original: משׁל - Transliteration: Mashal - Phonetic: maw-shal' - Definition: 1. to represent, liken, be like a. (Niphal) to liken, be like, be similar b. (Hiphil) to compare c. (Hithpael) to become like 2. to speak in a proverb, use a proverb, speak in parables, speak in sentences of poetry a. (Qal) to use a proverb, speak a parable or proverb b. (Piel) to make a parable 1. maker of parables (participle) - Origin: denominative from H4912 - TWOT entry: 1258,1258b - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Denominative from H4912 ; to liken that is (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. Total KJV Occurrences: 16 • become, 1 Job 30:19 • compare, 1 Isaiah 46:5 • like, 5 Psalm 28:1; Psalm 49:12; Psalm 49:20; Psalm 143:7; Isaiah 14:10 • proverb, 2 Ezekiel 12:23; Ezekiel 16:44 • proverbs, 2 Numbers 21:27; Ezekiel 16:44 • speak, 2 Ezekiel 17:2; Ezekiel 20:49 • use, 2 Ezekiel 18:2; Ezekiel 18:3 • utter, 1 Ezekiel 24:3