Byword

"Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of" "talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44:14), a proverb or parable. When it" "denotes a sharp word of derision, as in Deut. 28:37, 1 Kings" "9:7, 2 Chr. 7:20, the Hebrew sheninah is used. In Jer. 24:9 it" "is rendered "taunt."