מִכְשׁוֹל mikhshol
Hebrew word for “stumbling” · Strong’s H4383 · used 14 times in 14 verses
Meaning
1) a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block; 1a) stumbling, fall; 1b) means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block
How it is translated
Glosses given for mikhshol in context, with how often each is used:
- stumbling block 8
- stumbling 2
- obstacles 1
- stumbling blocks 1
- obstacle 1
- stumblings 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 14 (3), Leviticus 19 (1), 1 Samuel 25 (1), Psalms 119 (1), Isaiah 8 (1), Isaiah 57 (1), Jeremiah 6 (1), Ezekiel 3 (1), Ezekiel 7 (1), Ezekiel 18 (1)
Forms
- מכשׁול 5
- ומכשׁול 3
- למכשׁול 2
- מכשׁל 1
- ולמכשׁול 1
- מכשׁלים 1
- המכשׁלים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mikhshol more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 6
- גִּלּוּל gillul “idol” 4
- נֹכַח nokhach “before” 3
- לֵב lev “heart” 5
- כֵּן ken “so” 4
- יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 3
- אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 3
- אֲנִי ani “I” 3
- דָּרַשׁ darash “to seek” 2
- עָלָה alah “to ascend” 3
- הֶם hem “them” 3
- זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 2
Key verses
The verses using mikhshol that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 19:14 — Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
- Psalms 119:165 — Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
- Isaiah 8:14 — And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the…
- Isaiah 57:14 — And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
- Jeremiah 6:21 — Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour…
- Ezekiel 3:20 — Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not…
- Ezekiel 7:19 — They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the…
- Ezekiel 14:3 — Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by…
- Ezekiel 14:4 — Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the…
- Ezekiel 14:7 — For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart,…
- Ezekiel 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions;…
- Ezekiel 44:12 — Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them,…
See all 14 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.