Definition

properly, abrupt, i.e. a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite

Etymology

or מוֹל; (Deuteronomy 1:1), or מוֹאל; (Nehemiah 12:38), or מֻל; (Numbers 22:5), from H4135 (מוּל);

Where the KJV renders it

• (over) against
• before
• (fore-) front
• from
• (God-) ward
• toward
• with

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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