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Lexicon :: Strong's H4135 - mûl

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מוּל
Transliteration
mûl
Pronunciation
mool
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1161

Strong’s Definitions

מוּל mûwl, mool; a primitive root; to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy:—circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, × must needs.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H4135 in the following manner: circumcise (30x), destroy (3x), cut down (1x), needs (1x), cut in pieces (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H4135 in the following manner: circumcise (30x), destroy (3x), cut down (1x), needs (1x), cut in pieces (1x).

  1. to circumcise, let oneself be circumcised, cut, be cut off

    1. (Qal) to circumcise

    2. (Niphal) to be circumcised, circumcise oneself

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to be circumcised

      1. of destruction (fig.)

    4. (Hithpolel) to be cut off

    5. (Polel) cut down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מוּל mûwl, mool; a primitive root; to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy:—circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, × must needs.
STRONGS H4135: Abbreviations
† II. [מוּל] verb circumcise (Late Hebrew id.; Targum מוּל **but only seemingly in the dubious passages (see III. [מָלַל] and Commentaries) Job 14:2; Job 18:16; Job 24:24 [MS Levy], Psalm 37:2; Psalm 90:6. cut off (grass, etc.: only for III. מָלַל, q. v.); compare Late Hebrew מָהַל, Aramaic מְהַל, according to Thes NöZMG xi. 1886, 741 Baib. xii. 1887, 626 see also מהל above); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singularמָל Joshua 5:4 + 2 times; 2nd person masculine singular מַלְתָּה Exodus 12:44; 3rd person masculine plural מָ֫לוּ Joshua 5:5, 7; 2nd person masculine plural מַלְתֶּם Deuteronomy 10:16; Imperfect וַיָּ֫מָל Genesis 17:23 + 2 times; Imperative מֹל Joshua 5:2; Passive participle מוּל Jeremiah 9:24; plural מֻלִים Joshua 5:5; — circumcise, with accusative בשׂר ערלה (flesh of foreskin) Genesis 17:23 (P), accusative pers. Genesis 21:4; Exodus 12:44 (P), Joshua 5:2, 3(J), Joshua 5:4; Joshua 5:5; Joshua 5:7; Joshua 5:7 (D); figurative ערלת לבב (foreskin of the heart) Deuteronomy 10:16; לבב Deuteronomy 30:6; pass, מוּל בערלה Jeremiah 9:24; מֻלִים Joshua 5:5 (D).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִמּוֺל (Ges§ 72, R. 9) Genesis 17:26; 3rd person masculine plural נִמֹּ֫לוּ Genesis 17:27; 2nd person masculine plural וֹּנְמִלְתֶּם (consecutive) Genesis 17:11 (for וּנְמַלֹּתֶם √ מלל Ew§ 234 e; Ges§ 67 R. 11;, but Bö1146 B for וּנְמוֺלֹתֶם); Imperfect יִמּוֺל Genesis 17:12 + 3 times; 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּמֹּ֫לוּ Genesis 34:24; Imperative הִמֹּ֑לוּ Jeremiah 4:4; Infinitive הִמּוֺל Genesis 17:10 + 5 times; הִמֹּל Genesis 34:15; suffix הִמֹּ֫לוֺ Genesis 17:24, 25; Participle plural נִמֹּלִים Genesis 34:22; — be circumcised, of בשׂר ערלה Genesis 17:14, 24, 25; Leviticus 12:3; elsewhere of person Genesis 17:10 (twice in verse); Genesis 17:12, 13 (twice in verse); Genesis 17:26, 27; Genesis 34:15, 17, 22, 24; Exodus 12:48 (P), Joshua 5:8 (J): reflexive הִמֹּלוּ לי׳ Jeremiah 4:4 circumcise yourselves to Yahweh (and take away the foreskin of your heart).
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural כי אֲמִילִ֑ם בשׁם י׳ Psalm 118:10; Psalm 118:11; Psalm 118:12 in the name of י׳, yea I will make them to be circumcised (enemies, by force of arms; but De cut to pieces (from מוּל = מָלַל), Che mow, Bae annihilate (?), Greek Version of the LXX Aq ἠμυνάμην, Symm διέθρυψα, Jerome ultus sum eas).
Hithp. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִתְמֹלָ֑לוּ Psalm 58:8 be cut off, of arrows, i.e. made blunt.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:10; 17:10; 17:11; 17:12; 17:12; 17:13; 17:14; 17:23; 17:23; 17:24; 17:24; 17:25; 17:25; 17:26; 17:26; 17:27; 17:27; 21:4; 34:15; 34:15; 34:17; 34:22; 34:22; 34:24; 34:24

Exodus

12:44; 12:44; 12:48

Leviticus

12:3

Deuteronomy

10:16; 10:16; 30:6

Joshua

5:2; 5:2; 5:3; 5:4; 5:4; 5:5; 5:5; 5:5; 5:5; 5:7; 5:7; 5:7; 5:8

Job

14:2; 18:16; 24:24

Psalms

37:2; 58:8; 90:6; 118:10; 118:11; 118:12

Jeremiah

4:4; 4:4; 9:24; 9:24

H4135

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Strong's Number H4135 matches the Hebrew מוּל (mûl),
which occurs 36 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:10 - This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:12 - For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:13 - Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:14 - Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 - On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:24 - Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:26 - Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that very day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - And every male in Abraham’s household, including those born in his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:4 - When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15 - We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:17 - But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our sister and go.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:44 - Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48 - “A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:3 - On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6 - The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 - At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 - So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4 - Now this is why he did so: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of military age—died in the wilderness on the way after leaving Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:5 - All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness during the journey from Egypt had not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:7 - So he raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised because they had not been circumcised on the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:8 - And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 - Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 - In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:10 - All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:11 - They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 - They swarmed around me like bees, but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 - Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, circumcise your hearts, you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or my wrath will flare up and burn like fire because of the evil you have done— burn with no one to quench it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:25 - “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—
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