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Strong's #4383 - מִכְשֹׁל
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- a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block
- stumbling, fall
- means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block
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2292) lsk (כסהל KShL) AC: Topple CO: Ruin AB: ?: A toppling down into ruins.
V) lsk (כסהל KShL) - Topple: KJV (65): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Piel) fall, stumble, cast down, feeble, overthrown, ruin, decay, fail, weak - Strongs: H3782 (כָּשַׁל)
af1) elskm (מכסהלה MKShLH) - Ruin: The toppled down buildings of a city. KJV (2): ruin, stumblingblock - Strongs: H4384 (מַכְשֵׁלָה)
bm) lisk (כסהיל KShYL) - Axe: For toppling trees. KJV (1): axe - Strongs: H3781 (כַּשִּׁיל)
ejm) nflsik (כיסהלונ KYShLWN) - Toppling: KJV (1): fall - Strongs: H3783 (כִּשָּׁלוֹן)
hcm) lfskm (מכסהול MKShWL) - Stumblingblock: Used to cause someone to stumble or topple down. KJV (14): stumblingblock, offence, ruin, offend, fall - Strongs: H4383 (מִכְשֹׁל)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 stumbling, ׳צוּר מ Isaiah 8:14 (fig) a rock of stumbling (i.e. over which one stumbles); literal הַרְבֵּה הַמִּכְשֹׁלִים Ezekiel 21:20 an abundance of stumblings, falls (si vera lectio; ᵐ5. οἱ ἀσθενοῦντες, apparently reading participle, compare Sm; so Co Da (as a possibility), i.e. מֻכְשָׁלִים
Hoph`al Participle of כשׁל = those who have stumbled or been overthrown).
2 means, or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block; a literal Leviticus 19:14.
b. figurative of misfortune, calamity Paslm Leviticus 119:165; in divine judgment Jeremiah 6:21; Ezekiel 3:20, as a hindrance to restoration of people Isaiah 57:14.
c. in ethical senseעֲוֺנָם ׳מ Ezekiel 7:19 a stumbling-block of (i.e. occasioning) their iniquity, so Ezekiel 14:3,4,7; Ezekiel 18:30; Ezekiel 44:12 (mostly with reference to idols.).
d.לֵב ׳מ 1 Samuel 25:31 a stumbling-block of heart i.e. ground for remorse.