כָּשַׁל
kâshal · kaw-shal'
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
- to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle)
- by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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, [idiom] utterly, be weak.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads
The open hand that covers that works to consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּשַׁל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
62 occurrences · 62 OT · 0 NT · 55 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall fall5 · 13%
- to fall4 · 11%
- they shall stumble2 · 5%
- they stumble2 · 5%
- unless they cause some to fall2 · 5%
- also shall fall2 · 5%
- fall2 · 5%
- shall stumble2 · 5%
- me. but they were the ruin1 · 3%
- not at what they stumble1 · 3%
- all the feeble1 · 3%
- and to cast down1 · 3%
- are weak1 · 3%
- is decayed1 · 3%
- and there was not one feeble1 · 3%
- shall make thee fall1 · 3%
- faileth1 · 3%
- they stumbled1 · 3%
- they shall fall1 · 3%
- they fell down1 · 3%
- him that was falling1 · 3%
- thou shalt not stumble1 · 3%
- and they that stumbled1 · 3%
- when he stumbleth1 · 3%
- and they shall fall1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.