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Lexicon :: Strong's H1580 - gāmal

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גָּמַל
Transliteration
gāmal
Pronunciation
gaw-mal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 360

Strong’s Definitions

גָּמַל gâmal, gaw-mal'; a primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean:—bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, serve, mean, yield.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H1580 in the following manner: wean (10x), reward (8x), dealt bountifully (4x), do (4x), bestowed (2x), recompense (2x), weaned child (2x), do good (1x), requite (1x), ripening (1x), served (1x), yielded (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H1580 in the following manner: wean (10x), reward (8x), dealt bountifully (4x), do (4x), bestowed (2x), recompense (2x), weaned child (2x), do good (1x), requite (1x), ripening (1x), served (1x), yielded (1x).

  1. to deal fully with, recompense

    1. (Qal)

      1. to deal out to, do to

      2. to deal bountifully with

      3. to recompense, repay, requite

  2. (Qal) to wean a child (Niphal) to be weaned

  3. (Qal) to ripen, bear ripe (almonds)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּמַל gâmal, gaw-mal'; a primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean:—bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, serve, mean, yield.
STRONGS H1580: Abbreviations
† גָּמַל verb
1. deal fully or adequately with, deal out to.
2. wean.
3. ripen (Assyrian gamâlu, deal with, benefit, e.g. VR 2 Chronicles 35:19; Late Hebrew גָּמַל, Aramaic גְּמַל; see Palmyrene proper name אגמלא VogNo. 124, Nabataean proper name, feminine גמלת VogNab. below No. 7; perhaps originally complete, accomplish, cognate גמר; — Arabic جَمَلَ is collect, جَمُِلَ be beautiful, goodly) —
Qal Perfect Psalm 13:6 +; Imperfect יִגְמֹל Numbers 17:23 +; Imperative גְּמֹל Psalm 119:17; Infinitive גָּמְלֵךְ, גָּמְלָהּ 1 Samuel 1:23; Participle גֹּמֵל Proverbs 11:17 +; passive גָּמוּל Isaiah 11:8; גָּמֻל Psalm 131:2 (twice in verse); —
1.
a. deal out to, do to, with 2 accusative גְּמָלַתְהוּ טוֺב וְלֹא רָע she doeth him good and not evil Proverbs 31:12; כִּי אַתָּה גְּמַלְתַּנִי הַטּוֺבָה וַאֲנִי גְּמַלְתִּיךָ הָֽרָעָה for thou hast done unto me the good but I have done unto thee the evil 1 Samuel 24:18; do evil (ה)רע unto Genesis 50:15, 17; Proverbs 3:30; with לְ person Isaiah 3:9; do good unto, 2 accusative Isaiah 63:7 (twice in verse); compare also גֹּמֵל נַפְשׁוֺ אִישׁ חֶסֶד Proverbs 11:17.
b. with עַל person deal bountifully with Psalm 13:6; Psalm 116:7; Psalm 119:17; Psalm 142:8 [Psalm 142:7]; with accusative of person reward 2 Samuel 22:21 (= Psalm 18:21), perhaps also לָמָּה יִגְמְלֵנִי הַגְּמוּלָה הַזּאֹת why should he reward me with this reward? 2 Samuel 19:37.
c. recompense, repay, requite, in a bad sense, with 2 accusative Psalm 7:5; with לְ person Deuteronomy 32:6; Psalm 137:8; with עַל person 2 Chronicles 20:11; Psalm 103:10; Joel 4:4 [Joel 3:4].
2. wean a child (complete his nursing) 1 Samuel 1:23 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 1:24; 1 Kings 11:20; Hosea 1:8; גָּמוּל weaned child Psalm 131:2 (twice in verse); Isaiah 11:8; גְּמוּלֵי מֵחָלָב weaned from milk Isaiah 28:9.
3. transitive ripen, bear ripe (almonds) Numbers 17:23; intransitive become ripe (grapes) Isaiah 18:5.
Niph. Imperfect יִגָּמֵל 1 Samuel 1:22; וַיִּגָּמַ֑ל Genesis 21:8; Infinitive הִגָּמֵל Genesis 21:8; — be weaned.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:8; 21:8; 50:15; 50:17

Deuteronomy

32:6

1 Samuel

1:22; 1:23; 1:23; 1:24; 24:18

2 Samuel

19:37; 22:21

1 Kings

11:20

2 Chronicles

20:11; 35:19

Psalms

7:5; 13:6; 13:6; 18:21; 103:10; 116:7; 119:17; 119:17; 131:2; 131:2; 137:8; 142:7

Proverbs

3:30; 11:17; 11:17; 31:12

Isaiah

3:9; 11:8; 11:8; 18:5; 28:9; 63:7

Hosea

1:8

Joel

3:4

H1580

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Strong's Number H1580 matches the Hebrew גָּמַל (gāmal),
which occurs 37 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:8 - And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:15 - And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 -
Do ye thus requite Jehovah,
O foolish people and unwise?
Is not he thy father that hath bought thee?
He hath made thee, and established thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:22 - But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Jehovah, and there abide for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only Jehovah establish his word. So the woman tarried and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of Jehovah in Shiloh: and the child was young.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:17 - And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21 -
Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20 - And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:11 - behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 -
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me
(Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:6 -
I will sing unto Jehovah,
Because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:20 -
Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:10 -
He hath not dealt with us after our sins,
Nor rewarded us after our iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:7 -
Return unto thy rest, O my soul;
For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:17 -
GIMEL.
Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live;
So will I observe thy word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 131:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:2 -
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child with his mother,
Like a weaned child is my soul within me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8 -
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed,
Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee
As thou hast served us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:7 -
Bring my soul out of prison,
That I may give thanks unto thy name:
The righteous shall compass me about;
For thou wilt deal bountifully with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 -
Strive not with a man without cause,
If he have done thee no harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:17 -
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul;
But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:12 -
She doeth him good and not evil
All the days of her life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:5 - For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches will he take away and cut down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:7 - I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, and the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:8 - Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - Yea, and what are ye to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head.
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