Lexicon :: Strong's H3782 - kāšal

כָּשַׁל

Transliteration

kāšal

Pronunciation

kaw-shal'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1050

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

כָּשַׁל kâshal, kaw-shal'; a primitive root; to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall:—bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, × utterly, be weak.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x

The KJV translates Strong's H3782 in the following manner: fall (27x), stumble (19x), cast down (4x), feeble (4x), overthrown (2x), ruin (2x), bereave (with H7921) (1x), decayed (1x), faileth (1x), utterly (1x), weak (1x), variant (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to stumble, stagger, totter
1. (Qal)
  1. to stumble
  2. to totter
2. (Niphal)
  1. to stumble
  2. to be tottering, be feeble
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to cause to stumble, bring injury or ruin to, overthrow
  2. to make feeble, make weak
4. (Hophal) to be made to stumble
5. (Piel) bereave

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3782: Abbreviations

† כָּשַׁל verb stumble, stagger, totter (Late Hebrew id.; Syriac [] give offence (occasion for stumbling), σκανδαλιζω, (chiefly Ethpe`el Aph`el), see PS Brock Schw; Arabic is be heavy, sluggish); —
Qal Perfect כ׳ Nehemiah 4:4 +, (Hosea 5:5b read יִכָּשֵׁל, compare We), כָּֽשְׁלָה Isaiah 3:8; Isaiah 59:14; כָּֽשְׁלוּ Jeremiah 46:6 +, כָּשַׁלְנוּ Isaiah 59:10, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יכשׁ֑ולו Proverbs 4:16 Kt (but read Hiph., whidh see, so Qr); יכשׁלו Nahum 3:3 Kt (but read Perfect וְכָֽשְׁלוּ so Qr); Infinitive absolute כָּשׁוֺל Isaiah 40:30 (with Niph. Imperfect); Participle active כּוֺשֵׁל Isaiah 5:27 + 2 times, כּשֵׁל 2 Chronicles 28:15; Psalm 105:37; feminine plural כּשְׁלוֺת Isaiah 35:3; —

1. stumble at, over, something, with ב (literally by means of), Nahum 3:3, גִּבּוֺר בְּגִבּוֺר כ׳ Jeremiah 46:13 (+ נָפַל), compare Leviticus 26:37; וּנְעָרִיס בָּעֵץ כ׳ Lamentations 5:13 i.e. stagger (of toil in captivity); absolute Isaiah 5:27 ׅ || (עָיֵף, כָּֽשְׁלוּ וְנָפָ֑לוּ Jeremiah 46:6, compare הִרְבָּה כּוֺשֵׁ֑ל גַּםנָֿפַל אישׁ וגו׳ Jeremiah 46:16 (strange; Gie following in part , עֶרְבְּךָ כָּשַׁל וְנָפַל thy mixed people — compare Jeremiah 25:20, etc. — hath stumbled and hath fallen); often figurative of overthrow, throughdivine judgment, with בְּ at, (see above) Jeremiah 6:21, so Isaiah 8:15 (+ נָפַל etc.) according to Ges Hi Bhul Che Di; < בָּם = among them, — Israel and Judah, — as ב in Isaiah 8:16, so Ew De Du EV; Hosea 4:5 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5; Hosea 14:2 (בַּעֲוֺנֶָֽךָ, בְּ probably instrumental); absolute of Babylon, under figure of זָדוֺן, ונפל כ׳ Jeremiah 50:32; ונפל כ׳ Paslm Jeremiah 27:2; Isaiah 3:8; Isaiah 31:3 (both || נפל); of אֱמֶת Isaiah 59:14; in metaphor of anxiety, distress Isaiah 59:10, Paslm Isa 107:12.

2. totter, of knees, literal מִצּוֺם בִּרְכַּי כ׳ Paslm Isa 109:24 my knees totter from fasting; figurative Isaiah 35:3 (|| יָדַיִם רָפוֺת) כּוֺשֵׁל tottering one, literal Job 4:4; 2 Chronicles 28:15; Paslm 2 Chron 105:37; hence figurative, fail, of strength (כֹּחַ) Nehemiah 4:4; Paslm Neh 31:11; — Infinitive absolute כָּשׁוֺל, see below Niph.

Niph. Perfect consecutive וְנִכְשַׁל Daniel 11:9, וְנִכְשְׁלוּ Daniel 11:33, וְנִכְשָׁ֑לוּ Daniel 11:14; Imperfect יִכָּשֵׁל Ezekiel 33:12 + Hosea 5:5b (. as Hosea 5:5a, so We; MT כָּשַׁל), 2nd person masculine singular תִּכָּשֵׁל Proverbs 4:12, בִּכָּֽשְׁלוּ Proverbs 24:17 (yet see Ges^{§ 51, R. 1}), בְּהִכָּֽשְׁלָם Daniel 11:34; Participle נִכְשָׁל Zechariah 12:8; plural נִכְשָׁלִים 1 Samuel 2:4; —

1. stumble (= Qal) Nahum 2:6; Isaiah 63:13; Jeremiah 31:9; usually figurative:

a. of misfortune Proverbs 24:17 (|| נפל), negative Proverbs 4:12.

b. of divine judgement (with בְּ at) Proverbs 4:19; Proverbs 24:16, negative Ezekiel 33:12; see also Hosea 14:10 (בְ location), Jeremiah 20:11; Daniel 11:14, 35, מִפָּנֶיךָ וְיאֹבְדו יִכָּֽשְׁלוּ Psalm 9:4; especially = be overthrown, of nations, armies, etc., Hosea 5:5 (with בַּעֲוֺנָם, compare Hosea 14:2 Qal), Jeremiah 6:15 || נפל, compare Jeremiah 8:12 (|| id.), Daniel 11:19 (+ נפל), Daniel 11:33 (בְ instrumental), Daniel 11:34; Daniel 11:41.

2. be tottering, feeble, כָּשׁוֺל יִכָּשֵׁ֑לוּ Isaiah 40:30 (opposed to יַחֲלִיפוּ כֹחַ Isaiah 40:31); so participle 1 Samuel 2:4; Zechariah 12:8.

Pi. only apparent, תְּכַשְּׁלִי Ezekiel 36:14, read תְּשַׁכְּלִי with Qr Vrss EV Sm Co Da (see also Hiph. near the end).
Hiph. Perfect הִכְשִׁיל Lamentations 1:14 הִכְשַׁלְתֶּם Malachi 2:8; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַכְשִׁילְךָ 2 Chronicles 25:8; 2nd person feminine singular תַּכְשִׁלִי Ezekiel 36:15 (but strike out Co; read תשׁכלי, as Ezekiel 36:14 other Vrss Sm Da); 3rd person masculine plural יַכְשִׁילוּ Proverbs 4:16 Qr (Kt see below Qal), וַיַּכְשִׁילֻהוּ Psalm 64:9, וַיַּכְשִׁלוּם Jeremiah 18:15 (so ; Gie, after . , וַיִּכְשְׁלוּ, [< וַיִּכָּֽשִׁלוּ]); Infinitive construct הַכְשִׁיל 2 Chronicles 25:8, sf הַכְשִׁילוֺ 2 Chronicles 28:23; —

1..cause to stumble, figurative:

a. = bring injury or ruin to, abs Proverbs 4:16; of punishment Psalm 64:9 (indefinite subject; si vera lectio; text probably corrupt, see Che Bae).

b. = overthrow, of nation, army, etc., 2 Chronicles 25:8 (followed by לִפְנֵי אוֺיֵב) compare 2 Chronicles 25:8 (opposed to עזר); cause overthrow 2 Chronicles 28:23. — On Ezekiel 36:15 see above.

c. morally, Jeremiah 18:15 (בְּ local), Malachi 2:8 (בְּ instrumental).

2. make feeble, weak, הִכְשִׁיל כֹּחִי Lamentations 1:14 (of God's dealing with Jerusalem)

Hoph. only Participle והיו מֻכְשָׁלִים לְפָנֶיךָ Jeremiah 18:23 either and let them be ones who have stumbled before thee, i.e. regard them as such (Hi Gf VB), or and let them be ones overthrown before thee (Gie; so Qr according to Gf). So also in Ezekiel 21:20 according to Co, compare Sm Da (MT מִכְשֹׁלִים, see H4383 מִכְשׁוֺל).

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