מִכְשׁוֹל

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

or מִכְשֹׁל; masculine from H3782 (כָּשַׁל);

KJV Usage

caused to fall, offence, [idiom] (no-) thing offered, ruin, stumbling-block.

Detailed Definition

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

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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mikshôwl; Pronunciation: mik-shole'