H4384: מַכְשֵׁלָה
makshêlâh · pronounced mak-shay-law' · “ruins”
Definition
a stumbling-block, but only figuratively (fall, enticement (idol))
KJV translates it as: ruin, stumbling-block.
Word origin: feminine from H3782 (כָּשַׁל);
Extended definition
1) overthrown mass, stumbling-block, something overthrown, decay, ruin
1a) thing overthrown (figurative of kingdom)
1b) stumbling-block (of idols)
1a) thing overthrown (figurative of kingdom)
1b) stumbling-block (of idols)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4384 is translated
- heap of ruins ×1
- stumbling-blocks ×1
Bible verses with H4384 (makshêlâh)
Makshêlâh appears in 2 verses.
- Isaiah 3:6
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
- Zephaniah 1:3
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.