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Lexicon :: Strong's H4384 - maḵšēlâ

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מַכְשֵׁלָה
Transliteration
maḵšēlâ
Pronunciation
mak-shay-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1050d

Strong’s Definitions

מַכְשֵׁלָה makshêlâh, mak-shay-law'; feminine from H3782; a stumbling-block, but only figuratively (fall, enticement [idol]):—ruin, stumbling-block.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H4384 in the following manner: ruin (1x), stumblingblocks (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H4384 in the following manner: ruin (1x), stumblingblocks (1x).

  1. overthrown mass, stumbling-block, something overthrown, decay, ruin

    1. thing overthrown (figurative of kingdom)

    2. stumbling-block (of idols)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַכְשֵׁלָה makshêlâh, mak-shay-law'; feminine from H3782; a stumbling-block, but only figuratively (fall, enticement [idol]):—ruin, stumbling-block.
STRONGS H4384: Abbreviations
† מַכְשֵׁלָה noun feminine
1. overthrown mass.
2. stumbling-block; —
1. figurative of kingdom Isaiah 3:6.
2. plural הַמַּכְשֵׁלוֺת Zephaniah 1:3 stumbling-blocks = idols (compare מִכְשׁוֺל 2 c), but rather dubious; We thinks a gloss. SchwZAW x. (1890), 169 reads וְכִשַּׁלְתִּי and I will cause the wicked to stumble.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

3:6

Zephaniah

1:3

H4384

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4384 matches the Hebrew מַכְשֵׁלָה (maḵšēlâ),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:6 - For a man will take hold of his brother
in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a cloak;
you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
shall be under your rule”;

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3 - “I will sweep away man and beast;
I will sweep away the birds of the heavens
and the fish of the sea,
and the rubble[fn] with the wicked.
I will cut off mankind
from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
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