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Lexicon :: Strong's H4136 - môl

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מוֹל
Transliteration
môl
Pronunciation
mool
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1160

Strong’s Definitions

מוּל mûwl, mool; or מוֹל môwl; (Deuteronomy 1:1), or מוֹאל môwʼl; (Nehemiah 12:38), or מֻל mul; (Numbers 22:5), from H4135; properly, abrupt, i.e. a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite:—(over) against, before, (fore-) front, from, (God-) ward, toward, with.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H4136 in the following manner: against (21x), toward (3x), forefront (with H6440) (3x), before (2x), before it (with H6440) (2x), against (with H6440) (1x), forefront (1x), from (1x), God-ward (with H430) (1x), with (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H4136 in the following manner: against (21x), toward (3x), forefront (with H6440) (3x), before (2x), before it (with H6440) (2x), against (with H6440) (1x), forefront (1x), from (1x), God-ward (with H430) (1x), with (1x).
masculine noun

  1. front

    1. front

    2. in the opposite direction

      preposition

  2. in front of

    1. in front of

    2. (with prefix)

      1. towards the front of, to the front of, on the front of

      2. from the front of, off the front of, close in front of, on the forefront of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מוּל mûwl, mool; or מוֹל môwl; (Deuteronomy 1:1), or מוֹאל môwʼl; (Nehemiah 12:38), or מֻל mul; (Numbers 22:5), from H4135; properly, abrupt, i.e. a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite:—(over) against, before, (fore-) front, from, (God-) ward, toward, with.
STRONGS H4136: Abbreviations
† I. מוּל, מוֺל († Deuteronomy 1:1), מוֺאל (Nehemiah 12:38) substantive and preposition front, in front of (derivatives dubious; according to Ol§ 223 c Sta§ 378 a, for מְאוֺל from אוּל to be in front: see further Köii. 300 f. HptBAS i. 172): —
1. substantive only 1 Kings 7:5 (si vera lectio: see StaZAW 1883, 151) וּמוּל מֶחֱזָה אֶלמֶֿחֱזָה and the front of (one) window was towards (the other) window, and Nehemiah 12:38 לְמוֺאל = in the opposite direction (but read probably לִשְׂמאוֺל, compare לַיָּמִין Nehemiah 12:31).
2. as preposition, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 2:19 מוּל בני עמון in front of the Ammonites, Deuteronomy 3:29 (= Deuteronomy 4:46; Deuteronomy 34:6) מוּל בית פעור, Deuteronomy 11:30; Joshua 18:18; Joshua 19:46 מוּל יָפוֺ 1 Samuel 14:5 (twice in verse); figurative Exodus 18:19 הֱיֵה אַתָּה לעם מול האלהים in front of God, i.e. representing God to them. With prefixes: —
a. אלמֿול towards the front of, 1 Samuel 17:30 מֵאֶצְלוֺ אֶלמֿוּל אַחֵר וַיִּסֹב to the front of another; on the front of, Exodus 34:3 (pregnantly) וְאַליִֿרְעוּ אלמֿול ההר, Joel Exodus 8:33 (twice in verse); Exodus 9:1; Exodus 22:11 (see WAWJPhoenician xiii. 117 ff.); specifically אֶל־ פְּנֵי מוּל towards or on the forefront of, Exodus 26:9; Exodus 28:25 (|| Exodus 39:18), Exodus 39:37; Leviticus 8:9; Numbers 8:2, 3; 2 Samuel 11:15 set ye Uriah אלמֿול פני המלחמה.
b. מִמּוּל : —
(a) from the front of, Micah 2:8 (text dubious: read probably מֵעַל).
(b) of position, off (see מן1c) the front of, Leviticus 5:8 עָרְפּוֹ מִמּוּל off the front of its neck, i.e. close in front of it, Numbers 22:5 והוא יושׁב מִמֻּלִי close in front of me, 2 Samuel 5:23 (1 Chronicles 14:14) ממול בכאים ובאת להם come to them off the front of the mulberry-trees, 1 Kings 7:39 (2 Chronicles 4:10) מִמּוּל נֶגֶב; פָּנָיו מִמּוּל on the forefront of, Exodus 28:27 (|| Exodus 39:20).

לְמוֺא֯ל Nehemiah 12:38 read לַשְּׂמאֹל, see H8040 שׂמאל.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

9:1; 18:19; 22:11; 26:9; 28:25; 28:27; 34:3; 39:18; 39:20; 39:37

Leviticus

5:8; 8:9

Numbers

8:2; 8:3; 22:5

Deuteronomy

1:1; 1:1; 2:19; 3:29; 4:46; 11:30; 34:6

Joshua

18:18; 19:46

1 Samuel

14:5; 17:30

2 Samuel

5:23; 11:15

1 Kings

7:5; 7:39

1 Chronicles

14:14

2 Chronicles

4:10

Nehemiah

12:31; 12:38; 12:38; 12:38

Micah

2:8

H4136

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Strong's Number H4136 matches the Hebrew מוֹל (môl),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:19 - Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God and bring their cases to God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and the sixth curtain you shall double over at the front of the tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25 - The two ends of the two cords you shall attach to the two settings of filigree, and so attach it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - And you shall make two rings of gold, and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:37 - And you shall fasten it on the turban by a cord of blue. It shall be on the front of the turban.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:3 - No one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18 - They attached the two ends of the two cords to the two settings of filigree. Thus they attached it in front to the shoulder pieces of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - And they made two rings of gold, and attached them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first the one for the sin offering. He shall wring its head from its neck but shall not sever it completely,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:9 - And he set the turban on his head, and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - “Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River[fn] in the land of the people of Amaw,[fn] to call him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19 - And when you approach the territory of the people of Ammon, do not harass them or contend with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:29 - So we remained in the valley opposite Beth-peor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - beyond the Jordan in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the people of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - Are they not beyond the Jordan, west of the road, toward the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oak[fn] of Moreh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:6 - and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows the place of his burial to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel, sojourner as well as native born, with their elders and officers and their judges, stood on opposite sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded at the first, to bless the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 - As soon as all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, heard of this,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18 - and passing on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-arabah[fn] it goes down to the Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:46 - and Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against Joppa.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - And the people of Israel heard it said, “Behold, the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built the altar at the frontier of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that belongs to the people of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:30 - And he turned away from him toward another, and spoke in the same way, and the people answered him again as before.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:23 - And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, “You shall not go up; go around to their rear, and come against them opposite the balsam trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15 - In the letter he wrote, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down, and die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5 - All the doorways and windows[fn] had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:14 - And when David again inquired of God, God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; go around and come against them opposite the balsam trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - The other choir of those who gave thanks went to the north, and I followed them with half of the people, on the wall, above the Tower of the Ovens, to the Broad Wall,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:8 - But lately my people have risen up as an enemy;
you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly
with no thought of war.[fn]
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