Dict: strongs - maxim

Strongs:

H2420 @ חידה chîydâh khee-daw' From H2330; a puzzle; hence a {trick} {conundrum} sententious maxim: - dark saying ({sentence} {speech}) hard {question} {proverb} riddle.

H4912 @ משׁל mâshâl maw-shawl' Apparently from H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly a pithy {maxim} usually of a metaphorical nature; hence a simile (as an {adage} {poem} discourse): - {byword} {like} {parable} proverb.