Opposite
מוּלStrong’s H4136mul
Appears in 34 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mul is the Hebrew word usually translated “front of”, “opposite to” and “from in front of”. It appears in 34 verses of the Old Testament.
“Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:”
Meaning
- Frontin the opposite direction
- In front of(with prefix)
How it's translated
- front of 13
- opposite to 10
- from in front of 7
- in front of 2
- from in front of me 1
- and front 1
- from front of 1
- to front 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 8
- Deuteronomy 6
- Joshua 5
- Numbers 3
- Leviticus 2
- 1 Samuel 2
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 26:9And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
- Exodus 28:25And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
- Exodus 28:27And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
- Exodus 28:37And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
- Exodus 34:3And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
- Exodus 39:18And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
Hebrew dictionary
מוּל mul · opposite
1) front 1a) front 1b) in the opposite direction prep 2) in front of 2a) in front of 2b) (with prefix) 2b1) towards the front of, to the front of, on the front of 2b2) from the front of, off the front of, close in front of, on the forefront of
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “opposite” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OP'POSITE, adjective
[Latin oppositus.]
- Standing or situated in front; facing; as an edifice opposite to the Exchange.
- Adverse; repugnant.
- Contrary; as words of opposite significations; opposite terms.
- In botany, growing in pairs, each pair decussated or crossing that above and below it; as opposite leaves or branches.
All definitions and other forms of “opposite”
OP'POSITE, noun
- An opponent; an adversary; an enemy; an antagonist.
- That which is opposed or contrary.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.