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מוּל H4135
H4135 is the Hebrew word מוּל, transliterated mûwl and said mool. The King James Version most often renders it circumcised.
What it means
to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 26 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs.
Verses using מוּל
All 24 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 17:12 · KJV
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
Genesis 17:13 · KJV
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Genesis 17:14 · KJV
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
Genesis 17:23 · KJV
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
Genesis 17:24 · KJV
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:25 · KJV
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:26 · KJV
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
Genesis 21:4 · KJV
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Genesis 34:17 · KJV
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
Genesis 34:22 · KJV
Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
Genesis 34:24 · KJV
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
Exodus 12:44 · KJV
But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
Exodus 12:48 · KJV
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
Deuteronomy 10:16 · KJV
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
Deuteronomy 30:6 · KJV
And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Joshua 5:2 · KJV
At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
Joshua 5:3 · KJV
And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
Joshua 5:4 · KJV
And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
Joshua 5:5 · KJV
Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
Joshua 5:7 · KJV
And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
Joshua 5:8 · KJV
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
Psalm 90:6 · KJV
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Jeremiah 4:4 · KJV
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Jeremiah 9:25 · KJV
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
Common questions
What does Strong's H4135 mean?
H4135 is the Hebrew word מוּל (mûwl), meaning to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy.
How is H4135 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it circumcised (15 times), circumcise (5 times), must needs (1 time), among us be circumcised (1 time), hast circumcised (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4135 appear in the Bible?
מוּל (mûwl) is tagged in 24 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4135 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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