8 occurrences

'Byword' in the Bible

then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you, and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

“But He has made me a byword of the people,And I am one at whom men spit.

“And now I have become their taunt,I have even become a byword to them.

You make us a byword among the nations,A laughingstock among the peoples.

When I made sackcloth my clothing,I became a byword to them.

They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they slew her with the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgments on her.

Let the priests, the Lord’s ministers,Weep between the porch and the altar,And let them say, “Spare Your people, O Lord,And do not make Your inheritance a reproach,A byword among the nations.Why should they among the peoples say,‘Where is their God?’”

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
מלּה מלּה 
Millah 
Usage: 38

משׁל 
Mashal 
Usage: 39

משׁל 
M@showl 
Usage: 1

שׁנינה 
Sh@niynah 
Usage: 4

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