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Lexicon :: Strong's H1581 - gāmāl

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גָּמָל
Transliteration
gāmāl
Pronunciation
gaw-mawl'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from גָּמַל (H1580)
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TWOT Reference: 360d

Strong’s Definitions

גָּמָל gâmâl, gaw-mawl'; apparently from H1580 (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing); a camel:—camel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H1581 in the following manner: camel (54x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H1581 in the following manner: camel (54x).

  1. camel

    1. as property, as beast of burden, for riding, forbidden for food

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּמָל gâmâl, gaw-mawl'; apparently from H1580 (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing); a camel:—camel.
STRONGS H1581: Abbreviations
†גָּמָל noun masculine Genesis 24:10 + 9 times, feminine & masculine Genesis 32:16 [Genesis 32:15] (compare below), camel (Late Hebrew id. Arabic جَمَلً (جَمْلً), Ethiopic ግመል፡ Assyrian gammalu COTGloss Aramaic גַּמְלָא, Hmfg; Palmyrene Tariff plural גמלין ReckendZMG 1888, 401; √גמל but meaning of √ dubious; BoHieroz i. 73 derives from גמל requite, so LagBN 20, 49 (camel as μνησίκακος); see also conjectures in MV, Dl in HptF. 70 HptBAS i. 171; A. see KremerSemit. Culturentlehn., 2, HomNS 144 ff.) — absolute גָּמָל Genesis 24:64 + 7 times; plural גְּמַלִּים Genesis 12:16 + 30 times; construct גְּמַלֵּי Genesis 24:10; suffix גְּמַלָּיךָ Genesis 24:14 + 3 times; גְּמַלָּיו Genesis 24:20; גְּמַלֵּיהֶם Genesis 37:25 + 6 times; — camel,
1. as property (in Hexateuch only J) Genesis 12:16 (|| אתנות) Genesis 24:10, 35 (|| חמורים etc.) Genesis 30:43 (|| id.) Genesis 32:8 [Genesis 32:7] (|| צאן, בקר) Exodus 9:3 (Egyptian || סוסים, חמורים, בקר, צאן, etc.) Judges 6:5; Judges 7:12; 1 Samuel 15:3 (|| חמור etc.) 1 Samuel 27:9; 1 Chronicles 5:21; 1 Chronicles 27:30 (all || id.) 2 Chron 14:14 (|| צאן) Ezra 2:67 (|| סוסים, פרדים, חמורים) = Nehemiah 7:68; Job 1:3 (|| צאן, בקר, אתנות) compare Job 1:17; Job 42:12 (|| id.) Jeremiah 49:29 (|| צאן) Jeremiah 49:32; Zechariah 14:15 (|| סוס, חמור, פרד) [4 times || סוס and other words, Exodus 9:3 (Egyptians), Zechariah 14:15 (enemies of Israel), Ezra 2:67 = Nehemiah 7:68 (returned exiles)].
2. as beasts of burden Genesis 24:10 compare Genesis 24:11; Genesis 24:14; Genesis 24:19; Genesis 24:20; Genesis 24:22; Genesis 24:30; Genesis 24:31; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 24:44; Genesis 24:46; Genesis 24:46; Genesis 37:25 (all J), 1 Kings 10:2; 2 Kings 8:9; 1 Chronicles 12:41; 2 Chronicles 9:1; Isaiah 30:6 (עַל־דַּבֶּשֶׁת ג׳), Isaiah 60:6 (|| בִּכְרֵי מִדְיָן).
3. for riding Genesis 24:61, 63, 64 (all J), Genesis 31:17, 34 (both E) 1 Samuel 30:17, compare also Judges 8:21, 26 and particularly Isaiah 21:7 רֶכֶב גמל; a riding-company of camels i.e. a troop of camels with riders; נְרֵה גמלים an abode of camels,in prediction against Ammon Ezekiel 25:5, (|| מִרְבַּץ צאן).
4. forbidden as food Leviticus 11:4 (P) Deuteronomy 14:7.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:16; 12:16; 24:10; 24:10; 24:10; 24:10; 24:11; 24:14; 24:14; 24:19; 24:20; 24:20; 24:22; 24:30; 24:31; 24:32; 24:32; 24:35; 24:44; 24:46; 24:46; 24:61; 24:63; 24:64; 24:64; 30:43; 31:17; 31:34; 32:7; 32:15; 37:25; 37:25

Exodus

9:3; 9:3

Leviticus

11:4

Deuteronomy

14:7

Judges

6:5; 7:12; 8:21; 8:26

1 Samuel

15:3; 27:9; 30:17

1 Kings

10:2

2 Kings

8:9

1 Chronicles

5:21; 27:30

2 Chronicles

9:1; 14:14

Ezra

2:67; 2:67

Nehemiah

7:68; 7:68

Job

1:3; 1:17; 42:12

Isaiah

21:7; 30:6; 60:6

Jeremiah

49:29; 49:32

Ezekiel

25:5

Zechariah

14:15; 14:15

H1581

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1581 matches the Hebrew גָּמָל (gāmāl),
which occurs 54 times in 51 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 12:16–Eze 25:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - And he treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and bondmen, and bondwomen, and she-asses, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10 - And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; now all the treasure of his master was under his hand; and he arose and went to Aram-naharaim, to the city of Nahor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11 - And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water, at the time of the evening, when the women came out to draw water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - And let it come to pass, that the maiden to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink, and who will say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also, be she whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and hereby I shall know that thou hast dealt kindly with my master.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:19 - And when she had given him enough to drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have drunk enough.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - And she hasted and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw water; and she drew for all his camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 - And it came to pass when the camels had drunk enough, that the man took a gold ring, of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands, ten shekels weight of gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - And it came to pass when he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's hand, and when he heard the words of Rebecca his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man to me -- that he came to the man, and behold, he was standing by the camels, by the well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:31 - And he said, Come in, blessed of Jehovah! why standest thou outside? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - And the man came into the house; and he ungirded the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he has given him sheep and cattle, and silver and gold, and bondmen and bondwomen, and camels and asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels -- that she should be the woman whom Jehovah hath appointed for my master's son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - And she hasted and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. And I drank; and she gave the camels drink also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:61

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61 - And Rebecca arose, and her maids, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebecca, and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:63

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:63 - And Isaac had gone out to meditate in the fields toward the beginning of evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, camels were coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:64

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:64 - And Rebecca lifted up her eyes and saw Isaac, and she sprang off the camel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - And the man increased very, very much, and had much cattle, and bondwomen, and bondmen, and camels, and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:17 - And Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 - Now Rachel had taken the teraphim and put them under the camel's saddle; and she sat upon them. And Laban explored all the tent, but found nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15 - thirty milch camels with their colts; forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:25 - And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead; and their camels bore tragacanth, and balsam, and ladanum -- going to carry it down to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold, the hand of Jehovah shall be on thy cattle which is in the field, on the horses, on the asses, on the camels, on the oxen and on the sheep, with a very grievous plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:4 - Only these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with cloven hoofs: the camel, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs -- it shall be unclean unto you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:7 - Only these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with hoofs cloven and split open: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger; for they chew the cud, but have not cloven hoofs -- they shall be unclean unto you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:5 - For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number; and they entered into the land to destroy it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - And Midian and Amalek and all the children of the east lay along in the valley as locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand upon the sea-shore for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:21 - Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall on us; for as is the man, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna; and he took the moons that were on their camels' necks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26 - And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand seven hundred shekels of gold; besides the moons, and eardrops, and the purple garments that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and smite Amalek, and destroy utterly all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices and gold in very great abundance, and precious stones; and she came to Solomon, and spoke to him of all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:9 - And Hazael went to meet him, and took with him a present, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden; and he came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-Hadad king of Syria has sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover from this disease?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - And they took away their cattle: their camels fifty thousand, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand human souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - and those too that were near them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen; provisions of meal, fig-cakes and raisin-cakes, and wine and oil, and oxen and sheep, abundantly; for there was joy in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:30 - And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the asses was Jehdiah the Meronothite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, and came to Jerusalem to prove Solomon with enigmas; with a very great train, and camels that bore spices and gold in great abundance, and precious stones; and she came to Solomon, and spoke with him of all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:15 - They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:67

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67 - their camels four hundred and thirty-five; the asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:69

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - the camels, four hundred and thirty-five; the asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - And his substance was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; and this man was greater than all the children of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17 - While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:7 - And he saw chariots, horsemen by pairs, a chariot with asses, a chariot with camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - -- The burden of the beasts of the south: Through a land of trouble and anguish, whence come the lioness and lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to the people that shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:6 - A multitude of camels shall cover thee, young camels of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall publish the praises of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:29 - Their tents and their flocks shall they take; their curtains and all their vessels, and their camels, shall they carry away for themselves; and they shall cry unto them, Terror on every side!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32 - And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil; and I will scatter to every wind them that have the corners of their beard cut off, and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - And I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the children of Ammon a couching-place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

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