Strong's Lexicon

H4384

H4384 — מַכשֵׁלָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmakshelahnoun femOccurrences: 2TWOT: 1050d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4384
Word:מַכשֵׁלָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine from H3782
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:makshelah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mak-shay-law'
Meaning:1. a stumbling-block, but only figuratively (fall, enticement (idol))
KJV Renderings:ruin, stumbling-block.

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מַכְשֵׁלָה

noun 1. overthrown mass.
2. stumbling-block;
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1. figurative of kingdom Isa 3:6.
2. plural הַמַּכְשֵׁלוֺת Zeph 1:3 stumbling-blocks =idols (compare מִכְשׁוֺל 2.c.), but rather dubious; We thinks a gloss. SchwZAW x. (1890), 169 reads וְכִשַּׁלְתִּי and I will cause the wicked to stumble.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כשל (kah-shal’)

Lamentations 5:18

KJV: Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
EHCC: the children fell under the wood.

Hosea 4:6

KJV: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.destroyed: Heb. cut off
EHCC: Therefore shalt thow fall in the day, an

Hosea 5:5

KJV: And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
EHCC: Judah also spa apeiae them.

Hosea 14:1

KJV: O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
EHCC: (2).thow hast fallen by thine iniquity,

Isaiah 40:30

KJV: Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
EHCC: the ing men shall ₪44 fall: (lit

2 Chronicles 28:15

KJV: And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
EHCC: carried all the feeble of them upon asses,

Job 4:4

KJV: Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
EHCC: him that was falling,

Isaiah 5:27

KJV: None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
EHCC: None shall be weary nor stumive among

Jeremiah 46:16

KJV: He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.made…: Heb. multiplied the faller
EHCC: He made many 40 . multiplies

Proverbs 24:17

KJV: Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
EHCC: and let not thine heart be glad when א

Daniel 11:34

KJV: Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
EHCC: Now when they shall fall, they shall be

Psalms 9:3

KJV: When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
EHCC: (4). they shall, a ane pest ee

Psalms 24:16

EHCC: the wicked shail fail into mischief.

Isaiah 40:30

KJV: Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
EHCC: the young men shail utterly fall:

Isaiah 63:13

KJV: That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
EHCC: (that) they should not stumble?

Jeremiah 6:15

KJV: Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
EHCC: (that) I visit them they shall be cast down,

Jeremiah 8:12

KJV: Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.I will…: or, In gathering I will consume
EHCC: of their visitation they shail be cast down,

Jeremiah 20:11

KJV: But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
EHCC: therefore my persecutors shall stumble,

Jeremiah 81:9

EHCC: wherein they shall not stumble:

Daniel 11:35

KJV: And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.try them: or, try by them
EHCC: (some) of of understanding shall fall,

Hosea 5:5

KJV: And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
EHCC: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall

Hosea 14:9

KJV: Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
EHCC: ( 10). the transgressors shall fall therein.

Nahum 2:5

KJV: He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.worthies: or, gallantsdefence: Heb. covering, or, coverer
EHCC: (6). they shall stumble in their walk;

Nahum 3:3

KJV: The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:the bright…: Heb. the flame of the sword, and the lightning of the spear
EHCC: ( בתיב ( they stumble upon their corpses:

Zechariah 12:8

KJV: In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.feeble: or, abject: Heb. fallen
EHCC: he that is feeble among them (marg. fallen,

Ezekiel 36:14

KJV: Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord God.bereave: or, cause to fall
EHCC: neither bereave thy nations any more,

Lamentations 1:14

KJV: The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
EHCC: he hath made my strength to fall,

Malachi 2:8

KJV: But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.stumble at: or, fall in
EHCC: ye Aave cowsed’ many to stumble (marg.

2 Chronicles 25:8

KJV: But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
EHCC: God hath power to help, and to cast down.

2 Chronicles 28:2

KJV: For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
EHCC: they were the ruin of him, :

Jeremiah 18:15

KJV: Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
EHCC: and they have caused them to stwable in theit

Jeremiah 18:23

KJV: Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.to slay…: Heb. for death
EHCC: let them be overthrown before thee ;
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