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Lexicon :: Strong's H4136 - môl

Aa
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 BoxExo 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:19 - Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - Five of these curtains are to be joined together, and the other six are to be joined together, the sixth being folded over to make a hanging in front of the tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25 - Joining the other ends of the chains to the gold frames and putting them on the front of the ephod, at the top of the arms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - And make two more gold rings and put them on the front of the ephod at the top of the arms, at the join, over the worked band:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:37 - Put a blue cord on it and put it on the front of the twisted head-dress:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:3 - No one is to come up with you, and let no man be seen anywhere on the mountain; let no flocks or herds come near to get their food at its foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18 - And the other two ends of the chains were joined to the two frames and fixed to the front of the ephod over the arm-holes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - And two other gold rings were put on the front of the ephod, over the arm-holes, at the join, and over the worked band.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - And let him take them to the priest, who will first give the sin-offering, twisting off its head from its neck, but not cutting it in two;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:9 - And on his head he put the head-dress, and in front of the head-dress the plate of gold, the holy crown, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:2 - Say to Aaron, When you put the lights in their places, the seven lights will give light in front of the support.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - And Aaron did so; he put the lights in their places so that they gave light in front of the support, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - So he sent men to Balaam, son of Beor, at Pethor by the River in the land of the children of his people, saying to him, See, a people has come out of Egypt, covering all the face of the earth, and they have put up their tents opposite to me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - These are the words which Moses said to all Israel on the far side of Jordan, in the waste land in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran on the one side, and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19 - And when you come near the land of the children of Ammon, give them no cause of trouble and do not make war on them, for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for your heritage: because I have given it to the children of Lot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:29 - So we were waiting in the valley facing Beth-peor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - On the far side of Jordan, in the valley facing Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel overcame after they had come out of Egypt:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - Are they not on the other side of Jordan, looking west, in the land of the Canaanites living in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, by the holy tree of Moreh?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:6 - And the Lord put him to rest in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor: but no man has knowledge of his resting-place to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - And all Israel, those who were Israelites by birth, as well as the men from other lands living with them, and their responsible men and their overseers and judges, took their places round the ark, in front of the priests, the Levites, whose work it was to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement; half of them were stationed in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, in agreement with the orders for the blessing of the children of Israel which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had given.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 - Now on hearing the news of these things, all the kings on the west side of Jordan, in the hill-country and the lowlands and by the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18 - And it goes on to the side facing the Arabah to the north, and down to the Arabah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:46 - And on the west was ... opposite Joppa.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - And news came to the children of Israel, See, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have put up an altar opposite the land of Canaan, in the country by Jordan on the side which is Israel's.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The one rock went up on the north in front of Michmash and the other on the south in front of Geba.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:30 - And turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him the same answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:23 - And when David went for directions to the Lord, he said, You are not to go up against them in front; but make a circle round them from the back and come on them opposite the spice-trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15 - And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5 - And all the doors and windows had square frames, with the windows facing one another in three lines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - And he put the bases by the house, five on the right side and five on the left; and he put the great water-vessel on the right side of the house, to the east, facing south.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:14 - And David went for directions to God; and God said to him, You are not to go up after them; but, turning away from them, come face to face with them opposite the spice-trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - He put the great water-vessel on the right side of the house to the east, facing south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - And the other band of those who gave praise went to the left, and I went after them with half the people, on the wall, over the tower of the ovens, as far as the wide wall;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:8 - As for you, you have become haters of those who were at peace with you: you take the clothing of those who go by without fear, and make them prisoners of war.
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