byword And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a {byword}, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. byword <1KI9 -7> Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a {byword} among all people: byword <2CH7 -20> Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it [to be] a proverb and a {byword} among all nations. byword He hath made me also a {byword} of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. byword And now am I their song, yea, I am their {byword}. byword Thou makest us a {byword} among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.