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Lexicon :: Strong's H4135 - mûl

Aa
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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:10 - And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:12 - Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:13 - He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:14 - And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 - And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:24 - Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he underwent circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:26 - Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - And all the men of his house, those whose birth had taken place in the house and those whom he had got for money from men of other lands, underwent circumcision with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:4 - And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15 - But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:17 - But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - But these men will make an agreement with us to go on living with us and to become one people, only on the condition that every male among us undergoes circumcision as they have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:44

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:44 - But every man's servant, whom he has got for money, may take of it, when he has had circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48 - And if a man from another country is living with you, and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all the males of his family undergo circumcision, and then let him come near and keep it; for he will then be as one of your people; but no one without circumcision may keep it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:3 - And on the eighth day let him be given circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:16 - Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6 - And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 - At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make yourself stone knives and give the children of Israel circumcision a second time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 - So Joshua made stone knives and gave the children of Israel circumcision at Gibeath-ha-araloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4 - And this is the reason why Joshua did so: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the fighting-men, had been overtaken by death in the waste land on the way, after they came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:5 - All the people who came out had undergone circumcision; but all the people whose birth had taken place in the waste land on their journey from Egypt had not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:7 - And their children, who came up in their place, now underwent circumcision by the hands of Joshua, not having had it before: for there had been no circumcision on the journey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:8 - So when all the nation had undergone circumcision, they kept in their tents till they were well again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 - Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 - In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:10 - All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:11 - They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 - They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:4 - Undergo a circumcision of the heart, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem: or my wrath may come out like fire, burning so that no one is able to put it out, because of the evil of your doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:25 - See, the day is coming, says the Lord, when I will send punishment on all those who have circumcision in the flesh;
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