Mul מוּל

Mul (Hebrew מוּל, Strong's H4135) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to circumcise”. It occurs 37 times in 33 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H4135A: to circumcise

H4135B: to circumcise

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

Genesis

• 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.This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
• Genesis 17:11
  And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
• Genesis 17:12
  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.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.
• 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 covenant.Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
• 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.But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has 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; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
• Genesis 17:24
  And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
• Genesis 17:25
  And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
• Genesis 17:26
  In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
• Genesis 17:27
  And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.
• Genesis 21:4
  And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
• Genesis 34:15
  But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
• Genesis 34:17
  But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”
• Genesis 34:22
  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.But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
• Genesis 34:24
  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.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.

Exodus

• Exodus 12:44
  But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.
• 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; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 12:3
  And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 10:16
  Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
• 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 mayest live.The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

Joshua

• Joshua 5:2
  At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
• Joshua 5:3
  And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
• Joshua 5:4
  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.Now this is why Joshua circumcised them: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of war—had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.
• Joshua 5:5
  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.Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.
• Joshua 5:7
  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.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.
• Joshua 5:8
  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.And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.

Psalms

• Psalm 58:7
  Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
• Psalm 90:6
  In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
• Psalm 118:10
  All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
• Psalm 118:11
  They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
• Psalm 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.They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

Jeremiah

• 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, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
• Jeremiah 9:25
  Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:

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).