Mikshôwl — H4383

Definition

masculine noun

a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple)

1. a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block
1. stumbling, fall
2. means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block

Usually translated as

caused to fall, ruin, offence, thing offered, nothing offered, stumbling-block

Origin

or mikshôl; masculine from H3782

• Derived from Kâshal (H3782)

Greek equivalents

• básanos (G931)
• kólasis (G2851)
• skándalon (G4625)

Occurrences

Mikshôwl occurs 14 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), 1 Samuel (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (8)

• Leviticus 19:14 — Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock (מִכְשֹׁ֑ל) before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 25:31 — That this shall be no grief unto (וּלְמִכְשׁ֨וֹל) thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
• Psalms 119:165 — Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend (מִכְשֽׁוֹל) them.
• Isaiah 8:14 — And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of (מִכְשׁ֜וֹל) offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 57:14 — And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock (מִכְשׁ֖וֹל) out of the way of my people.
• Jeremiah 6:21 — Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks (מִכְשֹׁלִ֑ים) before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
• Ezekiel 3:20 — Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock (מִכְשׁ֛וֹל) before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
• 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 wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock (מִכְשׁ֥וֹל) of their iniquity.
• Ezekiel 14:3 — Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock (וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹל) of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?
• 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 stumblingblock (וּמִכְשׁ֤וֹל) of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
• 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, and putteth the stumblingblock (וּמִכְשׁ֣וֹל) of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
• 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; so iniquity shall not be your ruin (לְמִכְשׁ֖וֹל).
• Ezekiel 21:15 — I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins (הַמִּכְשֹׁלִ֔ים) be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
• Ezekiel 44:12 — Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall (לְמִכְשׁ֣וֹל) into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.