Lexical Summary mikshol: a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, a stumbling block Original Word: מִכְשׁוֹלTransliteration: mikshol Phonetic Spelling: (mik-shole') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, a stumbling block Meaning: a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, a stumbling block Strong's Concordance caused to fall, offence, nothing offered, ruin, stumbling-block Or mikshol {mik-shole'}; masculine from kashal; a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple) -- caused to fall, offence, X (no-)thing offered, ruin, stumbling-block. see HEBREW kashal Brown-Driver-Briggs H4383. mikshol מִכְשׁוֺל noun masculineJeremiah 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, מ ׳צוּר Isaiah 8:14 (fig) a rock of stumbling (i.e. over which one stumbles); literal הַמִּכְשֹׁלִים הַרְבֵּה 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 Lev 119:165; in divine judgment Jeremiah 6:21; Ezekiel 3:20, as a hindrance to restoration of people Isaiah 57:14. c. in ethical sense ׳מ עֲוֺנָם Ezekiel 7:19 a stumbling-block of (i.e. occasioning) their iniquity, so 14:3-4, 7; 18:30; 44:12 (mostly with reference to idols.). d. ׳מ לֵב 1 Samuel 25:31 a stumbling-block of heart i.e. ground for remorse. |
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