# H4384 מַכְשֵׁלָה

מַכְשֵׁלָה (makshêlâh), Strong’s H4384: a stumbling-block, but only figuratively (fall, enticement (idol)) KJV: ruin, stumbling-block.. Occurs 2 times.

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

KJV: ruin, stumbling-block.

Derived from [כָּשַׁל kâshal](https://besorah.bible/word/H3782) (to totter or waver)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַכְשֵׁלָה n.f. 1. overthrown mass. 2. stumbling-block

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 3:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/3?v=6) — Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, “You have clothing, you be our ruler…
- [Zephaniah 1:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zephaniah/1?v=3) — I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble…