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H4383

מִכְשׁוֹל

mikshôwl · mik-shole'

a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple)

Lexicon

Derivation: or מִכְשֹׁל; masculine from H3782 (כָּשַׁל);

a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: caused to fall, offence, [idiom] (no-) thing offered, ruin, stumbling-block.

Letters

מ
Mem
כ
Kaf
ש
Shin
ו
Vav
ל
Lamed
  1. מMem40

    Picture: waves of water

    Concrete
    water · sea · blood · liquid
    Extended
    chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
  2. כKaf20

    Picture: open palm

    Concrete
    palm · open hand · sole of the foot
    Extended
    to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
  3. 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
  4. וVav6

    Picture: tent peg or hook

    Concrete
    nail · peg · hook
    Extended
    to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
  5. 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)

water, chaos, the mighty deep › the open hand that covers › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads

Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the open hand that covers that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִכְשׁוֹל 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

14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • the stumblingblock4 · 29%
  • a stumblingblock2 · 14%
  • unto thee, nor offence1 · 7%
  • and nothing shall offend1 · 7%
  • of offence1 · 7%
  • stumblingblocks1 · 7%
  • because it is the stumblingblock1 · 7%
  • shall not be your ruin1 · 7%
  • and their ruins1 · 7%
  • to fall1 · 7%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹל2וּלְמִכְשׁ֨וֹל1מִכְשׁ֛וֹל1מִכְשֽׁוֹל׃1לְמִכְשׁ֖וֹל1וּמִכְשׁ֤וֹל1מִכְשׁ֜וֹל1לְמִכְשׁ֣וֹל1מִכְשֹׁלִ֑ים1מִכְשׁ֖וֹל1מִכְשֹׁ֑ל1מִכְשׁ֥וֹל1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance