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Proverb

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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A trite maxim; a similitude; a parable. The Hebrew word thus rendered (mashal) has a wide signification. It comes from a root meaning "to be like," "parable." Rendered "proverb" in Isaiah 14:4; Habakkuk 2:6; "dark saying" in Psalm 49:4 , Numbers 12:8 . Ahab's defiant words in answer to the insolent demands of Benhadad, "Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off," is a well known instance of a proverbial saying (1 Kings 20:11 ).

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Proverb'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​p/proverb.html. 1897.
 
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