| Translation | Verse | Text |
| Strong Concordance | Joh 16:29 | His [846] disciples [3101] said [3004] unto him [846], Lo [2396], now [3568] speakest thou [2980] plainly [3954], and [2532] speakest [3004] no [3762] proverb [3942]. |
| Word | Easton Dictionary - Definition |
| PROVERB | 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 Isa. 14:4; Hab. 2:6; "dark saying" in Ps. 49:4, Num. 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). |