H4383 - מִכְשׁוֹל (mikshôwl)

H4383 מִכְשׁוֹל (mikshôwl) mik-shole'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

or mikshol {mik-shole'}; masculine from 3782; a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple)

KJV Usage: caused to fall, offence, X (no-)thing offered, ruin, stumbling-block

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מִכְשׁוֹל (mikh.shol) — stumbling. 1) a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block 1a) stumbling, fall 1b) means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מִכְשֹׁול (H4383)

noun m · כשׁל

Stance

stumbling block = an obstacle that causes humans to trip or temporarily lose their balance when hitting it with their feet; ≈ often used figuratively to denote failure

LEV 19:14 · ISA 57:14

Afraid

Collocation: מִכְשֹׁול לֵב

pang of conscience, faltering courage literally: a stumbling block of the heart; hence, probably: = something that dominates one's thinking and affects one's confidence

1SA 25:31

Fail

obstacle literally: stumbling block; hence: = a condition that causes humans not to live up to the expectations others have of them

PSA 119:165 · ISA 8:14 · JER 6:21 · EZK 3:20 · EZK 7:19 · EZK 14:3 · EZK 14:4 · EZK 14:7 · EZK 18:30 · EZK 21:20 · EZK 44:12

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִכְשׁוֹל n.m. a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block base