Strong's Lexicon

H1580

H1580 — גָּמַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewgamalverbOccurrences: 37TWOT: 360

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1580
Word:גָּמַל
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:37
Transliteration:gamal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gaw-mal'
Meaning:1. to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite 2. (by implication) (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
KJV Renderings:bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, + serve, mean, yield.

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גָּמַל verb

1. deal fully or adequately with, deal out to.
2. wean.
3. ripen
(Assyrian gamâlu, deal with , benefit, e.g. VR 2Chr 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 [untranscribed source text 939] is collect, [untranscribed source text 940] be beautiful, goodly) —
Qal Perfect Ps 13:6 +; Imperfect יִגְמֹל Num 17:23 +; Imperative גְּמֹל Ps 119:17 Infinitive גָּמְלֵךְ, גָּמְלָהּ 1Sam 1:23 Participle גֹּמֵל Prov 11:17 +; passive גָּמוּל Isa 11:8 גָּמֻל Ps 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 Prov 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 1Sam 24:18 do evil (ה)רע unto Gen 50:15 ; Gen 50:17 ; Prov 3:30 with לְ person Isa 3:9 do good unto, 2 accusative Isa 63:7 (twice in verse); compare also גֹּמֵל נַפְשׁוֺ אִישׁ חֶסֶד Prov 11:17 .
b. with עַל person deal bountifully with Ps 13:6 ; Ps 116:7; Ps 119:17 ; Ps 142:8 with accusative of person reward 2Sam 22:21 (= Ps 18:21), perhaps also לָמָּה יִגְמְלֵנִי הַגְּמוּלָה הַזּאֹת why should he reward me with this reward? 2Sam 19:37 .
c. recompense, repay, requite, in a bad sense, with 2 accusative Ps 7:5 with לְ person Deut 32:6 ; Ps 137:8 with עַל person 2Chr 20:11; Ps 103:10; Joel 4:4 .
2. wean a child (complete his nursing) 1Sam 1:23 (twice in verse); 1Sam 1:24; 1Kgs 11:20; Hos 1:8 גָּמוּל weaned child Ps 131:2 (twice in verse); Isa 11:8 גְּמוּלֵי מֵחָלָב weaned from milk Isa 28:9 .
3. transitive ripen, bear ripe (almonds) Num 17:23 intransitive become ripe (grapes) Isa 18:5.
Niph`al Imperfect יִגָּמֵל 1Sam 1:22 וַיִּגָּמַ֑ל Gen 21:8 Infinitive הִגָּמֵל Gen 21:8 — be weaned.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גמל (gah-mal’)

Psalms 7:4

KJV: If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
EHCC: (5). Lf J have rewarded evil

Psalms 18:6

KJV: In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
EHCC: he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Psalms 108:10

KJV: Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
EHCC: nor rewarded us aecording

Psalms 116:7

KJV: Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
EHCC: the Lord hath dealt bountifully

Psalms 137:8

KJV: O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.destroyed: Heb. wastedrewardeth…: Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst to us
EHCC: 85 thou hast served us.(marg. thy deed

Psalms 31:12

KJV: I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.a broken…: Heb. a vessel that perisheth
EHCC: She will do him good

Psalms 63:7

KJV: Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
EHCC: that the Lord hath bestowed on us, .

Psalms 119:17

KJV: ג GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
EHCC: Deal bountifully with thy

Numbers 17:6

KJV: And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.a rod…: Heb. a rod for one prince, a rod for one prince
EHCC: (23).ead yielded almonds.

Numbers 288:19

EHCC: 36)37 ( ה[נוסתם. the king recompense it me

1 Kings 11:20

KJV: And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.
EHCC: whom Tahpenes weaned

Psalms 18:20

KJV: The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
EHCC: (21). The Lord rewarded me according to

Psalms 142:28

EHCC: thow shalt deal bountifully with

Hosea 1:8

KJV: Now when she had weaned Lo–ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
EHCC: Now when she had weaned

2 Chronicles 20:11

KJV: Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
EHCC: Behold, (1 say, how reward us,

Isaiah 18:5

KJV: For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
EHCC: the sour grape is ripening

Joel 3:4

KJV: Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
EHCC: (4:4)-and if ye recompense me,

Isaiah 11:8

KJV: And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.cockatrice’: or, adder’s
EHCC: the weaned child shall put

Isaiah 28:9

KJV: Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.doctrine: Heb. the hearing?
EHCC: weaned from the milk,
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