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PROVERB
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01.03
Proverbs are often borrowed from similar languages and cultures, and sometimes come down to the present through more than one language. Both the Bible (including, but not limited to the Book of Proverbs) and medieval Latin (aided by the work of Erasmus) have played a considerable role in distributing proverbs across Europe. Mieder has concluded that cultures that treat the Bible as their "major spiritual book contain between three hundred and five hundred proverbs that stem from the Bible."[1] However, almost every culture has examples of its own unique proverbs.
Proverb can be :
as a noun
*a short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought; adage; saw.
*a wise saying or precept; a didactic sentence.
*a person or thing that is commonly regarded as an embodiment or representation of some quality; byword.
*Bible. a profound saying, maxim, or oracular utterance requiring interpretation.
*to utter in the form of a proverb.
*to make (something) the subject of a proverb.
*to make a byword of.
Proverb in Culture
A brief, memorable saying that expresses a truth or belief, such as “ A friend in need is a friend indeed.” ( See examples under “Proverbs.”.
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).
A brief, memorable saying that expresses a truth or belief, such as “ A friend in need is a friend indeed.” ( See examples under “Proverbs.”.
Proverb in the Bible
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).
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