Strong's Definition
to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs.
TWOT Reference: 1161
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) 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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מוּל
mûl
BDB Definition:
1) 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 (figuratively)
1d) (Hithpolel) to be cut off
1e) (Polel) cut down
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1161
Total KJV Occurrences: 36