6 occurrences

'Byword' in the Bible

"But now I am their mocking song, and I have become a byword for them.

Verse ConceptsBywordMockerySongsjoking

You have made us a byword among the nations, a shaking of [the] head among [the] peoples.

Verse Conceptsjoking

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

Verse ConceptsSportsliberation

And was not Sodom, your sister, a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride

Verse ConceptsProud People

Therefore prophesy, and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Because indeed} {when you were desolate}, then they crushed you from all around, so that you became a possession to the remainder of the nations, and you became {a byword and object of slander for the people}."

Verse ConceptsVain TalkPressingFaintnessTaking PossessionUnder One's BreathFungossiping

Between the colonnade and the altar, let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep. And let them say, "Take pity, Yahweh, on your people. Do not make your inheritance a reproach, a byword among [the] nations. Why should they say among the nations, 'Where [is] their God?'"

Verse ConceptsBywordOutsidersPriests, Function In Ot TimesPorchesGod Not ExistingBeing ReprovedWhere Is 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