'Byword' in the Bible
You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.
then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
then I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy 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. They spit in my face.
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.
These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters; and her they killed with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments on her.