BYWORD: BYWORD.
bi'-wurd: shammah = "consternation," "astonishment," "waste," "wonderful language," "object of remark" (De 28:37; 1Ki 9:7; 2Ch 7:20); mashal, or meshol = "a satire," "byword" (Job 17:6; Ps 44:14); millah, or milleh = "a topic," "object of talk," "byword" (Job 30:9).