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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 13
    spellings

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

Eight of the word's fourteen uses are in Ezekiel.

The other 33 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

מִכְסֶהmiksehcoveringUses16
מִכְתָּבmiktabwritingUses9
מִכְוָהmikvahburnUses5
מִכְנָסmiknasundergarmentUses5
מִכְלָאָהmiklaahfoldUses3
מִכְמֶרֶתmikmerethnetUses3
מִכְסָהmiksahnumberUses2
מִכְלוֹלmiklolperfectionUses2
מִכְלָהmiklahperfectionUses1
מִכְלָלmiklalperfectionUses1
מִכְלֻלmiklulperfectionUses1
מִכְמַןmikmanhiddenUses1

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.

    Leviticus 19:14

    • 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.”

    1 Samuel 25:31

    • 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.

    Psalms 119:165

    • 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.

    Isaiah 8:14

    • 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.”

    Isaiah 57:14

    • 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.”

    Jeremiah 6:21

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 3:20

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 7:19

    • 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?

    Ezekiel 14:3

    • 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,

    Ezekiel 14:4

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 14:7

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 18:30

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 21:15

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 44:12

    • לְמִכְשׁ֣וֹלlemikhsholpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into a stumbling block of

The letters

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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