מַכְשֵׁלָה makshêlâh
Meaning
a stumbling-block, but only figuratively (fall, enticement (idol))
In the King James Version: ruin, stumbling-block.
Derivation: feminine from H3782 (כָּשַׁל);
Where it is used
- Isaiah 3:6 A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
- Zephaniah 1:3 “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 mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.