כָּשַׁל

Strong’s Definition

to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, [idiom] utterly, be weak.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to stumble, stagger, totter
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(hiphil)
• 5.(hophal) to be made to stumble
• 6.(piel) bereave

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: kâshal; Pronunciation: kaw-shal'