# מַכְשֵׁלָה (makhshelah)

Israeli respelling: makh-she-lah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4384. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

a stumbling-block, but only figuratively (fall, enticement (idol))

King James renderings: ruin, stumbling-block.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/makhshelah-h4384

## Occurrences

- [Isaiah 3:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 u…
- [Zephaniah 1:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 stumbling blocks with the wicked:…