Mum מוּם

Mum (Hebrew מוּם, Strong's H3971) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “blemish”. It occurs 21 times in 19 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H3971B: blemish

H3971A: blemish

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Mum, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Leviticus

• Leviticus 21:17
  Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
• Leviticus 21:18
  For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
• Leviticus 21:21
  No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
• Leviticus 21:23
  Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
• Leviticus 22:20
  But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
• Leviticus 22:21
  And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
• Leviticus 22:25
  Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
• Leviticus 24:19
  And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
• Leviticus 24:20
  Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.

Numbers

• Numbers 19:2
  This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 15:21
  And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God.But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
• Deuteronomy 17:1
  Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God.You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.
• Deuteronomy 32:5
  They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 14:25
  But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

Job

• Job 11:15
  For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.
• Job 31:7
  If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

Proverbs

• Proverbs 9:7
  He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 4:7
  Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.

Daniel

• Daniel 1:4
  Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).