מוּל
mul
“to circumcise”
Definition
to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
a primitive root;
- to circumcise, let oneself be circumcised, cut, be cut off 1a) (Qal) to circumcise 1b) (Niphal) to be circumcised, circumcise oneself 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be circumcised 1c1) of destruction (fig.) 1d) (Hithpolel) to be cut off 1e) (Polel) cut down
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
מוּל appears 31 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
And Joshua raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones he circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.
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