What does בֶּרֶךְ · כָּשַׁל mean in the Bible?
בֶּרֶךְ · כָּשַׁל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "knees that stumble, feeble knees".
Hebrew · H1290, H3782
בִּרְכַּיִם כֹּשְׁלוֹת
A knee · to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter , stumble , faint or fall
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בֶּרֶךְ H1290 a knee
Pronunciation berekĕ
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כָּשַׁל H3782 to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter , stumble , faint or fall
Pronunciation kāšal
Physical weakness escalating to moral/spiritual failure; stumbling progresses from literal trip to complete collapse or ruin
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What does בִּרְכַּיִם כֹּשְׁלוֹת (birkayim koshelot) mean in the Bible?
בֶּרֶךְ · כָּשַׁל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "knees that stumble, feeble knees".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1290, H3782?
H1290, H3782 is connected to 91 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. knees that stumble, feeble knees
Strong's H1290, H3782
Lexical occurrences 91 verses Source Gloss
knees that stumble, feeble knees
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בִּרְכַּיִם כֹּשְׁלוֹת is built from this root:
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