Strong's Hebrew · H4383
H4383 mikshôwl
מִכְשׁוֹל
mik-shole'
stumbling
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mikshôwl appears 14 times in Scripture, including Leviticus 19:14 and 1 Samuel 25:31. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple)
In the King James Version
caused to fall, offence, × (no-) thing offered, ruin, stumbling-block.
Derivation
or מִכְשֹׁל; masculine from H3782 (כָּשַׁל);
Appears 14 times in Scripture
““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?”
“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.”
“And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.””
“Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.”
“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 servant.””
“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.””
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
