Dict: easton - Proverb

easton:

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 kjv@Isaiah:14:4; kjv@Habakkuk:2:6; "dark saying" in kjv@Psalms:49:4, kjv@Numbers: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 (kjvKings:20:11).