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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 BoxGen 21:8

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:15 - And when the brethren of Joseph saw that their father was dead, they said, Let us take heed, lest at any time Joseph remember evil against us, and recompense to us all the evils which we have done against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - Thus say ye to Joseph, Forgive them their injustice and their sin, forasmuch as they have done thee evil; and now [fn]pardon the injustice of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept while they spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - (LXX 17:23) And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi blossomed, and put forth a bud, and bloomed blossoms and produced almonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - Do ye thus recompense the Lord? is the people thus foolish and unwise? did not he himself thy father purchase thee, and make thee, and form thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:22 - But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - And Helkana her husband said to her, Do that which is good in thine eyes, abide still until thou shalt have weaned him; but may the Lord establish that which comes out of thy mouth: and the woman tarried, and suckled her son until she had weaned him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - And she went up with him to Selom with a calf [fn]of three years old, and loaves, and an ephah of fine flour, and a bottle of wine: and she entered into the house of the Lord in Selom, and the child with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:17 - (LXX 24:18) And Saul said to David, Thou art more righteous than I, for thou hast recompensed me good, but I have recompensed thee evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - (LXX 19:37) Thy servant will go [fn]a little way over Jordan with the king: and why does the king return me this recompense?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21 - And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20 - And the sister of Thekemina bore to him, even to Ader, Ganebath her son; and Thekemina brought him up in the midst of the sons of Pharao, and Ganebath was in the midst of the sons of Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:11 - yet now, behold, they make attempts against us, to come forth to cast us out from our inheritance which thou gavest us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - (LXX 7:5) if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:20 - (LXX 17:21) And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:10 - (LXX 102:10) He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:7 - (LXX 114:7) Return to thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:17 - (LXX 118:17) Render a recompence to thy servant: so shall I live, and keep thy words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:2 - (LXX 130:2) I shall have sinned if I have not been humble, but have exalted my soul: according to the relation of a weaned child to his mother, so wilt thou recompense my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8 - (LXX 136:8) Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:7 - (LXX 141:8) Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to thy name, O Lord; the righteous shall wait for me, until thou recompense me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Be not ready to quarrel with a man without a cause, lest he do thee some harm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:17 - A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:12 - For she employs all her living for her husband's good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - Wherefore now their glory has been brought low, and the shame of their countenance has withstood them, and they have proclaimed their sin as Sodom, and made it manifest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - And an infant shall put his hand on the holes of asps, and on the nest of young asps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:5 - Before the reaping time, when the flower has been completely formed, and the unripe grape has put forth its flower and blossomed, then shall he take away the little clusters with pruning-hooks, and shall take away the small branches, and cut them off;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - To whom have we reported evils? and to whom have we reported a message? even to those that are weaned from the milk, who are drawn from the breast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:7 - I remembered the mercy of the Lord, the [fn] praises of the Lord in all things wherein he recompenses us. The Lord is a good judge to the house of Israel; he deals with us according to his mercy, and according to the abundance of his righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:8 - And she weaned Unpitied; and she conceived again, and bore a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - (LXX 4:4) And what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all Galilee of the [fn]Gentiles? do ye render me a recompense? or do ye bear malice against me? quickly and speedily will I return your recompense on your own heads:
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