Lexical Definition

‎מִכְשׁוֹל‎ mikshôwl (mik-shole') stumbling ^H:N-M
or מִכְשֹׁל mikshôl (mik-shole'); masculine from ‎כָּשַׁל‎

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

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

1) a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block
1a) stumbling, fall
1b) means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling block

See Greek: βάσανος · κόλασις · σκάνδαλον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִכְשׁוֺל‎ noun masculine^{Jer 6:21} a stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ absolute Isa 8:14 + 3 t., ‎מִכְשֹׁל‎ Lev 19:14 construct ‎מִכְשׁוֺל‎ 1Sam 25:31 + 6 t. Ezekiel; plural ‎מִכְשֹׁלִים‎ Jer 6:21 + Ezek 21:20* ᵑ0 (Co and others ‎מֻכְשָׁלִים‎, see below); —

1. stumbling, ‎׳‎‎צוּר מ‎ Isa 8:14 (fig) a rock of stumbling (i.e. over which one stumbles); literal ‎הַרְבֵּה הַמִּכְשֹׁלִים‎ Ezek 21:20* an abundance of stumblings, falls (si vera lectio; ᵐ5. οἱ ἀσθενοῦντες, apparently reading participle, compare Sm; so Co Da (as a possibility), i.e. ‎מֻכְשָׁלִים‎ Hoph`al Participle of ‎כשׁל‎ = those who have stumbled or been overthrown).

2. means, or occasion of stumbling, stumbling-block; a literal Lev 19:14.
b. figurative of misfortune, calamity Paslm Lev 119:165; in divine judgment Jer 6:21; Ezek 3:20, as a hindrance to restoration of people Isa 57:14.
c. in ethical sense ‎עֲוֺנָם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ezek 7:19 a stumbling-block of (i.e. occasioning) their iniquity, so Ezek 14:3; Ezek 14:4; Ezek 14:7; Ezek 18:30; Ezek 44:12 (mostly with reference to idols.).
d. ‎לֵב‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Sam 25:31 a stumbling-block of heart i.e. ground for remorse.

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