Words the Bible translates as stumble
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kashalכָּשַׁלto stumble and so be brought down: to totter, lose one's footing, and fall, whether from weakness, in defeat, or into ruin
- nagaphנָגַףto hit something hard enough to damage it: a collision, whether an animal against an animal, a foot against a stone, an army broken in defeat, or God striking with plague.
- skandalizōσκανδαλίζωto trip someone up: to make a person stumble in their faith, whether by leading them into sin, driving them to give up, or setting off a reaction of offense.
- proskoptōπροσκόπτωto strike against something physically: to dash the foot against an obstacle and stumble, or for a force to beat violently upon a thing.
+1 more meaning
- to be tripped up spiritually: to take offense at something, be repelled by it, and so reject it and fall.
- ptaiōπταίωto stumble: to strike the foot against something and lose one's footing, used for failing morally (sinning) and, at its strongest, for coming to ruin.
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