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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:15 - But now that their father was dead, Joseph’s brothers became fearful. “Now Joseph will show his anger and pay us back for all the wrong we did to him,” they said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - to say to you: ‘Please forgive your brothers for the great wrong they did to you—for their sin in treating you so cruelly.’ So we, the servants of the God of your father, beg you to forgive our sin.” When Joseph received the message, he broke down and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron’s staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - Is this the way you repay the LORD,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t he your Father who created you?
Has he not made you and established you?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:22 - But Hannah did not go. She told her husband, “Wait until the boy is weaned. Then I will take him to the Tabernacle and leave him there with the LORD permanently.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - “Whatever you think is best,” Elkanah agreed. “Stay here for now, and may the LORD help you keep your promise.” So she stayed home and nursed the boy until he was weaned.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - When the child was weaned, Hannah took him to the Tabernacle in Shiloh. They brought along a three-year-old bull[fn] for the sacrifice and a basket[fn] of flour and some wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:17 - And he said to David, “You are a better man than I am, for you have repaid me good for evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - Just to go across the Jordan River with the king is all the honor I need!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21 - The LORD rewarded me for doing right;
he restored me because of my innocence.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20 - She bore him a son named Genubath. Tahpenes raised him[fn] in Pharaoh’s palace among Pharaoh’s own sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:11 - Now see how they reward us! For they have come to throw us out of your land, which you gave us as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - if I have betrayed a friend
or plundered my enemy without cause,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:6 - I will sing to the LORD
because he is good to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:20 - The LORD rewarded me for doing right;
he restored me because of my innocence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:10 - He does not punish us for all our sins;
he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:7 - Let my soul be at rest again,
for the LORD has been good to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:17 - Gimel
Be good to your servant,
that I may live and obey your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 131:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:2 - Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself,
like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother’s milk.
Yes, 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 Babylon, you will be destroyed.
Happy is the one who pays you back
for what you have done to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:7 - Bring me out of prison
so I can thank you.
The godly will crowd around me,
for you are good to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Don’t pick a fight without reason,
when no one has done you harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:17 - Your kindness will reward you,
but your cruelty will destroy you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:12 - She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - The very look on their faces gives them away.
They display their sin like the people of Sodom
and don’t even try to hide it.
They are doomed!
They have brought destruction upon themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - The baby will play safely near the hole of a cobra.
Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes without harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:5 - Even before you begin your attack,
while your plans are ripening like grapes,
the LORD will cut off your new growth with pruning shears.
He will snip off and discard your spreading branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - “Who does the LORD think we are?” they ask.
“Why does he speak to us like this?
Are we little children,
just recently weaned?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:7 - I will tell of the LORD’s unfailing love.
I will praise the LORD for all he has done.
I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel,
which he has granted according to his mercy and love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:8 - After Gomer had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she again became pregnant and gave birth to a second son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - “What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done.
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