מוּל mul
Hebrew word for “to circumcise” · Strong’s H4135 · used 37 times in 33 verses
Meaning
1) to circumcise, let oneself be circumcised, cut, be cut off;
Senses in the lexicon
- to circumcise (35)
- to circumcise (2)
How it is translated
Glosses given for mul in context, with how often each is used:
- circumcised 11
- will be circumcised 7
- will circumcise 3
- fended off 3
- when was circumcised he 2
- being circumcised 2
- people had circumcised 2
- definitely 1
- when has been circumcised 1
- withers 1
- circumcise yourselves 1
- man circumcised 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 17 | 0.8 | |
| Joshua | 8 | 0.8 | |
| Psalms | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Exodus | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 17 (10), Joshua 5 (6), Genesis 34 (4), Psalms 118 (3), Exodus 12 (2), Genesis 21 (1), Leviticus 12 (1), Deuteronomy 10 (1), Deuteronomy 30 (1), Psalms 58 (1)
Forms
- ימול 4
- המול 3
- וימל 3
- מל 3
- אמילם 3
- בהמלו 2
- להמול 2
- מלו 2
- ונמלתם 1
- נמול 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mul more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עׇרְלָה orlah “foreskin” 10
- זָכָר zakhar “male” 9
- מִקְנָה miqnah “purchase” 5
- בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 7
- יָלִיד yalid “born” 4
- כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 5
- אַבְרָהָם avraham “Abraham” 4
- עָרֵל arel “uncircumcised” 3
- יְהוֹשׁוּעַ yehoshua “Joshua” 4
- יִשְׁמָעֵאל yishmael “Ishmael” 3
- בְּרִית berit “covenant” 4
- אוּת ut “to consent” 2
Key verses
The verses using mul that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 17:10 — This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
- Genesis 17:13 — 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…
- Genesis 17:14 — 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 — 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;…
- Exodus 12:48 — 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;…
- Leviticus 12:3 — And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
- Deuteronomy 10:16 — Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
- Deuteronomy 30:6 — 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…
- Psalms 118:10 — All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
- Psalms 118:12 — They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
- Jeremiah 4:4 — 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,…
- Jeremiah 9:25 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
See all 33 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.