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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 - Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - Join five of the curtains together into one set and the other six into another set. Fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25 - and the other ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - Make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:37 - Fasten a blue cord to it to attach it to the turban; it is to be on the front of the turban.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:3 - No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:18 - and the other ends of the chains to the two settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just above the waistband of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:9 - Then he placed the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the sacred emblem, on the front of it, 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, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:3 - Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor, who was at Pethor, near the Euphrates River, in his native land. Balak said: “A people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—that is, 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 - When you come to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them to war, for I will not give you possession of any land belonging to the Ammonites. I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:29 - So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - As you know, these mountains are across the Jordan, westward, toward the setting sun, near the great trees of Moreh, in the territory of those Canaanites living in the Arabah in the vicinity of Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:6 - He buried him[fn] in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:33 - All the Israelites, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD, facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Both the foreigners living among them and the native-born were there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 - Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things—the kings in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18 - It continued to the northern slope of Beth Arabah[fn] and on down into the Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:46 - Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:11 - And when the Israelites heard that they had built the altar on the border of Canaan at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - One cliff stood to the north toward Mikmash, the other to the south toward Geba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:30 - He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:23 - so David inquired of the LORD, and he answered, “Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the poplar trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15 - In it he wrote, “Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5 - All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:14 - so David inquired of God again, and God answered him, “Do not go directly after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the poplar trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - The second choir proceeded in the opposite direction. I followed them on top of[fn] the wall, together with half the people—past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:8 - Lately my people have risen up like an enemy. You strip off the rich robe from those who pass by without a care, like men returning from battle.
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