מַכְשֵׁלָה
makh.she.lah
“ruins”
Definition
a stumbling-block, but only figuratively (fall, enticement (idol))
feminine from H3782 (כָּשַׁל);
- overthrown mass, stumbling-block, something overthrown, decay, ruin 1a) thing overthrown (figurative of kingdom) 1b) stumbling-block (of idols)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מַכְשֵׁלָה appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
A man will seize his brotherwithin his father’s house:“You have a cloak—you be our leader!Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
“I will sweep away man and beast;I will sweep away the birds of the air,and the fish of the sea,and the idols with their wicked worshipers.I will cut off mankindfrom the face of the earth,”declares the LORD.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.