Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4383
מִכְשׁוֹל
miksholmik-shole'
stumbling
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mikshôwl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4383is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4383
a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple)
The King James renders it: caused to fall, offence, [idiom] (no-) thing offered, ruin, stumbling-block.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mikshol is rendered "stumbling". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 19:14You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:14מִכְשֹׁ֑ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and stumbling block of3
- a stumbling block2
- an obstacle1
- and into stumbling of1
- into a stumbling block1
- into a stumbling block of1
- obstacle1
- stumbling1
- stumbling block of1
- stumbling blocks1
- the stumblings1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִכְסֶה | mikseh | covering | Uses16 |
| מִכְתָּב | miktab | writing | Uses9 |
| מִכְוָה | mikvah | burn | Uses5 |
| מִכְנָס | miknas | undergarment | Uses5 |
| מִכְלָאָה | miklaah | fold | Uses3 |
| מִכְמֶרֶת | mikmereth | net | Uses3 |
| מִכְסָה | miksah | number | Uses2 |
| מִכְלוֹל | miklol | perfection | Uses2 |
| מִכְלָה | miklah | perfection | Uses1 |
| מִכְלָל | miklal | perfection | Uses1 |
| מִכְלֻל | miklul | perfection | Uses1 |
| מִכְמַן | mikman | hidden | Uses1 |
and 2 more on the stem.
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹל2
- הַמִּכְשֹׁלִ֔ים1
- וּלְמִכְשׁ֨וֹל1
- וּמִכְשׁ֤וֹל1
- לְמִכְשׁ֖וֹל1
- לְמִכְשׁ֣וֹל1
- מִכְשׁ֜וֹל1
- מִכְשׁ֖וֹל1
- מִכְשׁ֛וֹל1
- מִכְשׁ֥וֹל1
- מִכְשֽׁוֹל׃1
- מִכְשֹׁ֑ל1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular5HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HC/Ncmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HTd/Ncmpa
Leviticus
one use
You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
- מִכְשֹׁ֑לmikhsholnoun · masculine singulartagged: a stumbling block
1 Samuel
one use
then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your maidservant.”
- וּלְמִכְשׁ֨וֹלulemikhsholconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and into stumbling of
Psalms
one use
Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
- מִכְשֽׁוֹל׃mikhsholnoun · masculine singulartagged: a stumbling block
Isaiah
two uses
And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
- מִכְשׁ֜וֹלmikhsholnoun · masculine singulartagged: stumbling
And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
- מִכְשׁ֖וֹלmikhsholnoun · masculine singulartagged: obstacle
Jeremiah
one use
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”
- מִכְשֹׁלִ֑יםmikhsholimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: stumbling blocks
Ezekiel
eight uses
Now if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for his blood.
- מִכְשׁ֛וֹלmikhsholnoun · masculine singulartagged: an obstacle
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
- מִכְשׁ֥וֹלmikhsholnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: stumbling block of
“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
- וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹלumikhsholconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stumbling block of
Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
- וּמִכְשׁ֤וֹלumikhsholconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stumbling block of
For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
- וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹלumikhsholconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and stumbling block of
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
- לְמִכְשׁ֖וֹלlemikhsholpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into a stumbling block
So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.
- הַמִּכְשֹׁלִ֔יםhamikhsholimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the stumblings
Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.
- לְמִכְשׁ֣וֹלlemikhsholpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into a stumbling block of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
