H4912 מָשָׁל (maw-shawl')

KJV renderings

byword, like, parable, proverb.

Strong's definition

properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)

Derivation

apparently from H4910 (מָשַׁל) in some original sense of superiority in mental action;

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