BYWORD

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

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.