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Sunday, July 6th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #4383 - מִכְשֹׁל

Transliteration

mikshôwl

Phonetics

mik-shole', mik-shole'

Origin

from (H3782)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1050c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block
1. stumbling, fall
2. means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 931 ‑ βάσανος (bas'‑an‑os); 2851 ‑ κόλασις (kol'‑as‑is); 4625 ‑ σκάνδαλον (skan'‑dal‑on);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (14)

Leviticus 1

1 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 8

BSB (14)

Leviticus 1

1 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 8

CSB (14)

Leviticus 1

1 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 8

ESV (14)

Leviticus 1

1 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 8

KJV (14)

Leviticus 1

1 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 8

LEB (13)

Leviticus 1

1 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 8

LSB (26)

Leviticus 2

1 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 17

N95 (21)

Leviticus 2

1 Samuel 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 14

NAS (22)

Leviticus 2

1 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Ezekiel 14

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (14)

Leviticus 1

1 Samuel 1

Psalms 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 8

ASV (14)

a stumblingblock 2

and became a stumblingblock 1

and their stumblings 1

and they have no occasion of stumbling 1

because it hath been the stumblingblock 1

of offence 1

shall not be your ruin 1

stumbling-blocks 1

the stumbling-block 1

the stumblingblock 3

unto thee, nor offence 1

BSB (14)

a stumbling block 3

can make them stumble 1

downfall 1

every obstacle 1

may stumble 1

of offense 1

or guilt 1

stumbling block 2

stumbling blocks 2

the stumbling block 1

CSB (14)

block 6

blocks 1

obstacle 1

stumble 2

stumbling blocks 1

the stumbling blocks 1

to trip over 1

troubled 1

ESV (14)

obstruction 1

offense 1

pangs 1

ruin 1

stumble 2

stumbling block 7

stumbling blocks 1

KJV (14)

fall 1

offence 2

offend 1

ruin 1

ruins 1

stumblingblock 7

stumblingblocks 1

LEB (13)

a stumbling block 1

a stumbling block ⌊before⌋ 1

a stumbling block of 3

and the fallen 1

as a stumbling block of 1

for you or a stumbling block of conscience 1

have a cause for stumbling 1

like a stumbling block of 1

stumbling blocks 1

the obstacles 1

their stumbling block 1

LSB (26)

block 8

blocks 2

occasion 1

of 1

stumble 2

stumbling 11

troubled 1

N95 (21)

block 6

blocks 1

fall 1

obstacle 2

occasion 1

stumble 1

stumbling 8

troubled 1

NAS (22)

block 6

blocks 1

cause 1

obstacle 2

of 1

offense 1

stumble 1

stumbling 8

troubled 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (14)

* 1

a stumbling 1

a stumbling block 1

and became a stumbling block 1

and their stumblings 1

because it has been the stumbling block 1

nothing causes them to stumble 1

shall not be your ruin 1

stumbling blocks 1

the stumbling block 3

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2292) l s k (כסהל KShL) AC: Topple CO: Ruin AB: ?: A toppling down into ruins.

V) l s k (כסהל KShL) - Topple: KJV (65): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Piel) fall, stumble, cast down, feeble, overthrown, ruin, decay, fail, weak - Strongs: H3782 (כָּשַׁל)

a^f1) e l s k m (מכסהלה MKShLH) - Ruin: The toppled down buildings of a city. KJV (2): ruin, stumblingblock - Strongs: H4384 (מַכְשֵׁלָה)

b^m) l i s k (כסהיל KShYL) - Axe: For toppling trees. KJV (1): axe - Strongs: H3781 (כַּשִּׁיל)

ej^m) n f l s i k (כיסהלונ KYShLWN) - Toppling: KJV (1): fall - Strongs: H3783 (כִּשָּׁלוֹן)

hc^m) l f s k m (מכסהול MKShWL) - Stumblingblock: Used to cause someone to stumble or topple down. KJV (14): stumblingblock, offence, ruin, offend, fall - Strongs: H4383 (מִכְשֹׁל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מִכְשׁוֺל noun masculine^{Jeremiah 6:21} a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block; — ׳מ absolute Isaiah 8:14 3t., מִכְשֹׁל Leviticus 19:14; construct מִכְשׁוֺל 1 Samuel 25:31 6t. Ezekiel; plural מִכְשֹׁלִים Jeremiah 6:21 + Ezekiel 21:20 ᵑ0 (Co and others מֻכְשָׁלִים, see below); —

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.

List of Word Forms

הַמִּכְשֹׁלִ֔ים המכשלים וּלְמִכְשׁ֨וֹל וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹל וּמִכְשׁ֤וֹל ולמכשול ומכשול לְמִכְשׁ֖וֹל לְמִכְשׁ֣וֹל למכשול מִכְשֹׁ֑ל מִכְשֹׁלִ֑ים מִכְשֽׁוֹל׃ מִכְשׁ֖וֹל מִכְשׁ֛וֹל מִכְשׁ֜וֹל מִכְשׁ֥וֹל מכשול מכשול׃ מכשל מכשלים ham·miḵ·šō·lîm hammichshoLim hammiḵšōlîm lə·miḵ·šō·wl lemichShol ləmiḵšōwl michShol michshoLim miḵ·šō·lîm miḵ·šō·wl miḵ·šōl miḵšōl miḵšōlîm miḵšōwl ū·lə·miḵ·šō·wl ū·miḵ·šō·wl ulemichShol ūləmiḵšōwl umichShol ūmiḵšōwl