מִכְשׁוֹל
mikšôl
a stumbling
Strong's H4383NounHebrewTWOT 1050c

מִכְשׁוֹל (mikšôl) is a Hebrew noun meaning a stumbling. It appears 14 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4383).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1050c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1050c)a stumbling, means, occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block; obstacle, enticement, scruple; caused to fall, offence, ruin
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִכְשׁוֹל noun, masculine: a stumbling, means, occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block

Strong's H4383 מִכְשׁוֹל: a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple)
KJV:caused to fall, offence, × (no-) thing offered, ruin, stumbling-block.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1050: כָּשַׁל kāšal — stumble, stagger, totter; by means of; be tottering, feeble; cause to stumble, make feeble, weak; waver, falter, faint, fall; bereave, cast down, be decayed, fail, falling, be ruin, overthrown

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 19:141 Samuel 25:31Psalms 119:165

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