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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 Box Gen 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:10 - This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:12 - He that is eight days old among you shall be circumcised; every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house, or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:13 - both he that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money, shall be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:14 - Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 - Then Abraham took Ish'mael his son and all the slaves born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to 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 in the flesh of his foreskin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - And Ish'mael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:26 - That very day Abraham and his son Ish'mael were circumcised;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - and all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15 - Only on this condition will we consent to you: that you will become as we are and every male of you be circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:17 - But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - And all who went out of the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:44

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:44 - but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48 - And when a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:3 - And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 - At that time the LORD said to Joshua, "Make flint knives and circumcise the people of Israel again the second time."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 - So Joshua made flint knives, and circumcised the people of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4 - And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:5 - Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people that were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:7 - So it was their children, whom he raised up in their stead, that Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:8 - When the circumcising of all the nation was done, they remained in their places in the camp till they were healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 - Let them vanish like water that runs away; like grass let them be trodden down and wither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 - in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:10 - All nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:11 - They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 - They surrounded me like bees, they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 - Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:25 - "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will punish all those who are circumcised but yet uncircumcised--
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