מוּל
mûwl · mool
properly, abrupt, i.e. a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite
Lexicon
Derivation: or מוֹל; (Deuteronomy 1:1), or מוֹאל; (Nehemiah 12:38), or מֻל; (Numbers 22:5), from H4135 (מוּל);
properly, abrupt, i.e. a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite
- properly, abrupt, i.e. a precipice
- by implication, the front
- used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (over) against, before, (fore-) front, from, (God-) ward, toward, with.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוּל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- over against16 · 44%
- toward3 · 8%
- in the forefront2 · 6%
- it2 · 6%
- before2 · 6%
- upon them over against2 · 6%
- to god-ward1 · 3%
- upon the forefront1 · 3%
- from1 · 3%
- even upon his forefront1 · 3%
- thereof over against1 · 3%
- against1 · 3%
- of them over against1 · 3%
- was against1 · 3%
- with1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.