The Definition of the word Proverb

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).