מוּל mul
Hebrew word for “opposite” · Strong’s H4136 · used 36 times in 34 verses
Meaning
1) front; 1a) front; 1b) in the opposite direction;
How it is translated
Glosses given for mul in context, with how often each is used:
- front 26
- opposite to 10
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Deuteronomy | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Joshua | 6 | 0.6 | |
| Numbers | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Leviticus | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 28 (3), Exodus 39 (2), Numbers 8 (2), 1 Kings 7 (2), Exodus 18 (1), Exodus 26 (1), Exodus 34 (1), Leviticus 5 (1), Leviticus 8 (1), Numbers 22 (1)
Forms
- מול 25
- ממול 8
- ממלי 1
- ומול 1
- למואל 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mul more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כָּתֵף kateph “shoulder” 7
- עֵבֶר ever “side” 5
- בֵּית פְּעוֹר bet peor “Beth-peor” 3
- אֵפוֹד ephod “ephod” 4
- יַרְדֵּן yarden “Jordan” 5
- גַּיְא gay “valley” 3
- עֲרָבָה aravah “Arabah” 3
- אַחַר achar “after” 5
- מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 5
- בָּכָא bakah “balsam” 2
- עָלָה alah “to ascend” 5
- נֶגֶב negev “south” 3
Key verses
The verses using mul that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 18:19 — Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
- Leviticus 5:8 — And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide…
- Leviticus 8:9 — And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Numbers 8:2 — Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
- Numbers 22:5 — He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying,…
- Deuteronomy 1:1 — These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel,…
- Deuteronomy 2:19 — And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of…
- Joshua 8:33 — And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the…
- Joshua 9:1 — And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against…
- Joshua 22:11 — And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against…
- 2 Samuel 5:23 — And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
- 2 Samuel 11:15 — And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
See all 34 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.