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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 - And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:15 - And the brethren of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, 'Peradventure Joseph doth hate us, and doth certainly return to us all the evil which we did with him.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - Thus ye do say to Joseph, I pray thee, bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for they have done thee evil; and now, bear, we pray thee, with the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father;' and Joseph weepeth in their speaking unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Moses goeth in unto the tent of the testimony, and lo, the rod of Aaron hath flourished for the house of Levi, and is bringing out flourishing, and doth blossom blossoms, and doth produce almonds;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father -- thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:22 - And Hannah hath not gone up, for she said to her husband, 'Till the youth is weaned -- then I have brought him in, and he hath appeared before the face of Jehovah, and dwelt there -- unto the age.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - And Elkanah her husband saith to her, 'Do that which is good in thine eyes; abide till thy weaning him; only, Jehovah establish His word;' and the woman abideth and suckleth her son till she hath weaned him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - and she causeth him to go up with her when she hath weaned him, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she bringeth him into the house of Jehovah at Shiloh, and the youth is but a youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:17 - And he saith unto David, 'More righteous thou art than I; for thou hast done me good, and I have done thee evil;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - As a little thing, thy servant doth pass over the Jordan with the king, and why doth the king recompense me this recompense?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21 - Jehovah recompenseth me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20 - and the sister of Tahpenes beareth to him Genubath his son, and Tahpenes weaneth him within the house of Pharaoh, and Genubath is in the house of Pharaoh in the midst of the sons of Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:11 - and lo, they are recompensing to us -- to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:6 - I do sing to Jehovah, For He hath conferred benefits upon me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:20 - Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:10 - Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:7 - Turn back, O my soul, to thy rest, For Jehovah hath conferred benefits on thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:17 - Gimel. Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 131:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:2 - Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me is my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8 - O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:7 - Bring forth from prison my soul to confess Thy name, The righteous do compass me about, When Thou conferrest benefits upon me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:17 - A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:12 - She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Wo to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - And played hath a suckling by the hole of an asp, And on the den of a cockatrice Hath the weaned one put his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:5 - For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath one cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - By whom doth He teach knowledge? And by whom doth He cause to understand the report? The weaned from milk, the removed from breasts,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:7 - The kind acts of Jehovah I make mention of, The praises of Jehovah, According to all that Jehovah hath done for us, And the abundance of the goodness to the house of Israel, That He hath done for them, According to His mercies, And according to the abundance of His kind acts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:8 - And she weaneth Lo-Ruhamah, and conceiveth, and beareth a son;

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - And also, what are ye to Me, O Tyre and Zidon, And all circuits of Philistia? Recompence are ye rendering unto Me? And if ye are giving recompence to Me, Swiftly, hastily, I turn back your recompence on your head.
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