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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 - When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil which we did to him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - 'Say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.' And now, we pray you, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - And on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - Do you thus requite the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who 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 up, for she said to her husband, "As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, that he may appear in the presence of the LORD, and abide there for ever."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - Elka'nah her husband said to her, "Do what seems best to you, wait until you have weaned him; only, may the LORD establish his word." So the woman remained and nursed her son, 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, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine; and she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh; and the child was young.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:17 - He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king recompense me with such a reward?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21 - "The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20 - And the sister of Tah'penes bore him Genu'bath his son, whom Tah'penes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genu'bath 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, they reward us by coming to drive 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 requited my friend with evil 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 has dealt bountifully with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:10 - He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor requite us according to our iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:7 - Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 131:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:2 - But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a child quieted at its mother's breast; like a child that is quieted is my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8 - O daughter of Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall he be who requites you with 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, that I may give thanks to thy name! The righteous will surround me; for thou wilt deal bountifully with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Do not contend with a man for no reason, when he has done you no harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:17 - A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - Their partiality witnesses against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil upon themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - The sucking child shall play over 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 becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the shoots with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches he will hew away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - "Whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:7 - I will recount the steadfast love of the LORD, the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel which he has granted them according to his mercy, according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:8 - When she had weaned Not pitied, she conceived and bore a son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - "What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will requite your deed upon your own head swiftly and speedily.
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