Help QuickNav Adv. Options
CSB

CSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H4135 - mûl

Choose a new font size and typeface
מוּל
Transliteration
mûl
Pronunciation
mool
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4135 matches the Hebrew מוּל (mûl),
which occurs 8 times in 6 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 -

At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelite men again.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 -

So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelite men at Gibeath-haaraloth.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4 -

This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males ​— ​all the men of war ​— ​had died in the wilderness along the way after they had come out of Egypt.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:5 -

Though all the people who came out were circumcised, none of the people born in the wilderness along the way were circumcised after they had come out of Egypt.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:7 -

He raised up their sons in their place; it was these Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:8 -

After the entire nation had been circumcised, they stayed where they were in the camp until they recovered.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
CSB
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
CSB
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan