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Lexicon :: Strong's H1580 - gāmal

Aa
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 when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:15 - Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - Now on the day after, Moses went into the Tent of witness; and he saw that Aaron's rod, the rod of the house of Levi, had put out buds, and was covered with buds and flowers and fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:22 - But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - And her husband Elkanah said to her, Do whatever seems right to you, but not till you have taken him from the breast; only may the Lord do as he has said. So the woman, waiting there, gave her son milk till he was old enough to be taken from the breast.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:24 - Then when she had done so, she took him with her, with a three-year old ox and an ephah of meal and a skin full of wine, and took him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh: now the child was still very young.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:17 - And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:21 - The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20 - And the sister of Tahpenes had a son by him, Genubath, whom Tahpenes took care of in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was living in Pharaoh's house among Pharaoh's sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:11 - See now, how as our reward they have come to send us out of your land which you have given us as our heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:6 - I will make a song to the Lord, because he has given me my reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:20 - The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:10 - He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:7 - Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:17 - <GIMEL> Give me, your servant, the reward of life, so that I may keep your word;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:2 - See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast; my soul is like a child on its mother's breast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:8 - O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:7 - Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:17 - The man who has mercy will be rewarded, but the cruel man is the cause of trouble to himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:8 - And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:5 - For before the time of getting in the grapes, after the opening of the bud, when the flower has become a grape ready for crushing, he will take away the small branches with knives, cutting down and taking away the wide-stretching branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:7 - I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:8 - Now when Lo-ruhamah had been taken from the breast, the woman gave birth to a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - And further, what are you to me, O Tyre and Zidon and all the circle of Philistia? will you give me back any payment? and if you do, quickly and suddenly I will send it back on your head,
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