Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
KJV Usage: bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, X utterly, be weak
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כָּשַׁל (ka.shal) — to stumble. 1) to stumble, stagger, totter 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stumble 1a2) to totter 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to stumble 1b2) to be tottering, be feeble 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to stumble, bring injury or ruin to, overthrow 1c2) to make feeble, make weak 1d) (Hophal) to be made to stumble 1e) (Piel) bereave
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · כַּשִּׁיל · כִּשָּׁלֹון · מִכְשֹׁול · מַכְשֵׁלָה
Stance | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ נפל
to stumble, to fall, to stagger = process by which humans trip or temporarily lose their balance when walking; ≈ often used figuratively to denote failure
LEV 26:37 · PSA 107:12 · PRO 4:12 · ISA 5:27 · ISA 31:3 · ISA 40:30 · ISA 40:30 · ISA 63:13 · JER 46:6 · JER 46:12 · JER 46:16 · LAM 5:13 · NAM 2:6 · NAM 3:3
Fail | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ נפל
to fail literally: to stumble; hence: = process by which humans do not live up to the expectations others have of them
JOB 4:4 · PSA 9:4 · PSA 27:2 · PRO 4:19 · PRO 24:16 · PRO 24:17 · ISA 3:8 · ISA 8:15 · ISA 28:13 · ISA 59:10 · JER 6:15 · JER 6:21 · JER 8:12 · JER 20:11 · JER 31:9 · JER 50:32 · EZK 33:12 · DAN 11:14 · DAN 11:19 · DAN 11:33 · DAN 11:34 · DAN 11:35 · DAN 11:41 · HOS 4:5 · HOS 4:5 · HOS 5:5 · HOS 5:5 · HOS 14:2 · HOS 14:10
Fail | verb hif, verb hof
to cause to stumble, to cause to fail literally: to cause to stumble; hence: = causative process by which humans or deities cause (other) humans not to live up to the expectations others have of them
2CH 25:8 · 2CH 25:8 · 2CH 28:23 · PSA 64:9 · PRO 4:16 · JER 18:15 · JER 18:23 · EZK 36:15 · MAL 2:8
Non-Happen | verb qal | ≈ בוא
to stumble, to be lacking literally: to stumble; hence: = state in which a certain condition is not found in a certain place
Lax | verb qal | ≈ כלה · עשׁשׁ
to fail literally: to stumble; hence: = process by which a condition gradually becomes less intensive
Lax | verb hif
to cause to fail literally: to cause to stumble; hence: = causative process by which a deity causes a condition to become gradually less intensive
Weak | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ רָפֶה | ≠ גִּבֹּור
to be weak, to falter literally: to stumble; hence: hence: process by which humans go through a time in which they are unable to cope with the circumstances they have to deal with
1SA 2:4 · 2CH 28:15 · PSA 105:37 · PSA 109:24 · ISA 35:3 · ZEC 12:8
1 PRO 4:16 MT-K יכשׁולו | MT-Q יַכְשִׁילוּ 2 NAM 3:3 MT-K יכשׁלו | MT-Q וְכָשְׁלוּ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כָּשַׁל vb. stumble, stagger, totter Qal stumble at, over, something (lit. by means of)
totter
Niph. stumble
be tottering, feeble
Pi. only apparent
Hiph. cause to stumble
make feeble, weak
Hoph. either and let them be ones who have stumbled before thee, i.e. regard them as such, or and let them be ones overthrown before thee
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