How to Pronounce Proverb
PRAHV-uhrb
Proverb is pronounced PRAHV-uhrb (ˈprɑːvəb): two syllables, stress on the first.
What is 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).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Found in Scripture
Other names from Deuteronomy
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