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Lexicon :: Strong's H1581 - gāmāl

Aa
גָּמָל
Transliteration
gāmāl
Pronunciation
gaw-mawl'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from גָּמַל (H1580)
Dictionary Aids

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - Therefore he treated H3190 Abram H87 well H3190 for her sake H5668; and [fn]he gave H1961 him sheep H6629, oxen H1241, male H2543 donkeys H2543, male H5650 servants H5650 and female H8198 servants H8198, female H860 donkeys H860, and camels H1581.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10 -

Then the servant H5650 took H3947 ten H6235 camels H1581 from the camels H1581 of his master H113, and went H1980 out with a variety H3605 of good H2898 things H2898 of his master’s H113 in his hand H3027; so he set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to [fn]Mesopotamia H763, to the city H5892 of Nahor H5152.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11 - He made the camels H1581 kneel H1288 down H1288 outside H4480 H2351 the city H5892 by the well H875 of water H4325 [fn]when it was evening H6153, the time H6256 when women go H3318 out H3318 to draw H7579 water H7579.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - now may it be that the young H5291 woman H5291 to whom H834 I say H559, ‘Please H4994 let H5186 down H5186 your jar H3537 so that I may drink H8354,’ and [fn]who answers H559, ‘Drink H8354, and I will water H8248 your camels H1581 also H1571’—may she be the one whom You have appointed H3198 for Your servant H5650 Isaac H3327; and by this I will know H3045 that You have shown H6213 kindness H2617 to my master H113.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:19 - Now when she had finished H3615 giving H8248 him a H8248 drink H8248, she said H559, “I will also H1571 draw H7579 water for your camels H1581 until H5704 H518 they have finished H3615 drinking H8354.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:20 - So she quickly H4116 emptied H6168 her jar H3537 into the trough H8268, and ran H7323 back H5750 to the well H875 to draw H7579, and she drew H7579 for all H3605 his camels H1581.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 -

When H834 the camels H1581 had finished H3615 drinking H8354, the man H376 took H3947 a gold H2091 ring H5141 weighing H4948 a [fn]half-shekel H1235, and two H8147 bracelets H6781 for her [fn]wrists H3027 weighing H4948 ten H6235 shekels in gold H2091,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:30 - When he saw H7200 the ring H5141 and the bracelets H6781 on his sister’s H269 [fn]wrists H3027, and when he heard H8085 the words H1697 of his sister H269 Rebekah H7259, saying H559, “[fn]This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the man H376 said H1696 to me,” he went H935 to the man H376; and behold H2009, he was standing H5975 by the camels H1581 at the spring H5869.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:31 - And he said H559, “Come H935 in H935, blessed H1288 of the LORD H3068! Why H4100 do you stand H5975 outside H2351, since I have prepared H6437 the house H1004, and a place H4725 for the camels H1581?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:32 - So the man H376 entered H935 the house H1004. Then [fn]Laban unloaded H6605 the camels H1581, and he gave H5414 straw H8401 and feed H4554 to the camels H1581, and water H4325 to wash H7364 his feet H7272 and the feet H7272 of the men H376 who H834 were with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - “The LORD H3068 has greatly H3966 blessed H1288 my master H113, so that he has become H1431 [fn]rich H1431; and He has given H5414 him flocks H6629 and herds H1241, and silver H3701 and gold H2091, and servants H5650 and slave H8198 women H8198, and camels H1581 and donkeys H2543.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - and she says H559 to me, “You drink H8354, and I will draw H7579 for your camels H1581 also H1571”—let her be the woman H802 whom H834 the LORD H3068 has appointed H3198 for my master’s H113 son H1121.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:46 - “She quickly H4116 lowered H3381 her jar H3537 from her shoulder, and said H559, ‘Drink H8354, and I will water H8248 your camels H1581 also H1571’; so I drank H8354, and she watered H8248 the camels H1581 also H1571.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61 -

Then Rebekah H7259 got H6965 up H6965 with her female H5291 attendants H5291, and they mounted H7392 the camels H1581 and followed H1980 H310 the man H376. So the servant H5650 took H3947 Rebekah H7259 and departed H1980.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:63 - Isaac H3327 went H3318 out H3318 to [fn]meditate H7742 in the field H7704 toward H6437 evening H6153; and he raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked H7200, and behold H2009, camels H1581 were coming H935.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:64 - Rebekah H7259 raised H5375 her eyes H5869, and when she saw H7200 Isaac H3327, she dismounted H5307 from the camel H1581.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - So the man H376 [fn]became H6555 exceedingly H3966 prosperous H6555, and had H1961 large H7227 flocks H6629, and female H8198 and male H5650 servants H5650 H8198, and camels H1581 and donkeys H2543.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:17 -

Then Jacob H3290 stood H6965 up H6965 and put H5375 his children H1121 and his wives H802 on camels H1581;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 - Now Rachel H7354 had taken H3947 the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 and put H7760 them in the camel’s H1581 saddlebag H3733, and she sat H3427 on them. So Laban H3837 searched H4959 through H4959 all H3605 the tent H168, but did not find H4672 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:7 - Then Jacob H3290 was H3372 greatly H3966 afraid H3372 and distressed H6887; and he divided H2673 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, and the flocks H6629, the herds H1241, and the camels H1581, into two H8147 companies H4264;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15 - thirty H7970 milking H3243 camels H1581 and their colts H1121, forty H705 cows H6510 and ten H6235 bulls H6499, and twenty H6242 female H860 donkeys H860 and ten H6235 male H5895 donkeys H5895.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:25 -

Then they sat H3427 down H3427 to eat H398 [fn]a meal H3899. But as they raised H5375 their eyes H5869 and looked H7200, behold H2009, a caravan H736 of Ishmaelites H3459 was coming H935 from Gilead H1568, with their camels H1581 carrying H5375 labdanum H5219 resin H5219, balsam H6875, and [fn]myrrh H3910, [fn]on H1980 their way H1980 to bring H3381 them down H3381 to Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold H2009, the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 [fn]will come H1961 with a very H3966 severe H3515 plague H1698 on your livestock H4735 which H834 are in the field H7704, on the horses H5483, on the donkeys H2543, on the camels H1581, on the herds H1241, and on the flocks H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:4 - ‘Nevertheless H389, you are not to eat H398 of these H2088, among those which chew H5927 the cud H1625, or among those which have H6536 a divided H6536 hoof H6541: the camel H1581, for though it chews H5927 cud H1625, it does not have H6536 a divided H6536 hoof H6541; it is unclean H2931 to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:7 - “However H389, you are not to eat H398 these H2088 among H4480 the ones that [fn]chew H5927 the cud H1625, or among H4480 those that have H6536 the hoof H6541 divided H6536 in [fn]two H8156: the camel H1581, the [fn]rabbit H768, and the rock H8227 hyrax H8227, for though they [fn]chew H5927 the cud H1625, they do not have H6536 a divided H6536 hoof H6541; they are unclean H2931 to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:5 - For they would come H5927 up H5927 with their livestock H4735 and their tents H168, they would come H935 in H935 like locusts H697 in number H7230, and both they and their camels H1581 were innumerable H369 H4557; and they came H935 into the land H776 to ruin H7843 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - Now the Midianites H4080, the Amalekites H6002, and all H3605 the [fn]people H1121 of the east H6924 were lying H5307 in the valley H6010 as numerous H7230 as locusts H697; and their camels H1581 were without H369 number H4557, as numerous H7230 as the sand H2344 on the seashore H3220 H8193.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:21 - Then Zebah H2078 and Zalmunna H6759 said H559, “Rise H6965 up H6965 yourself H859, and attack H6293 us; for as the man H376, so is his strength H1369.” So Gideon H1439 arose H6965 and killed H2026 Zebah H2078 and Zalmunna H6759, and took H3947 the crescent H7720 amulets H7720 which H834 were on their camels’ H1581 necks H6677.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26 - The weight H4948 of the gold H2091 earrings H5141 that he requested H7592 was 1,700 H505 H7651 H3967 shekels of gold H2091, apart H905 from the crescent H7720 amulets H7720, the ear H5188 pendants H5188, and the purple H713 robes H899 which H7945 were on the kings H4428 of Midian H4080, and apart H905 from the neck H6060 chains H6060 that were on their camels’ H1581 necks H6677.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - ‘Now H6258 go H1980 and strike H5221 Amalek H6002 and completely H2763 destroy H2763 everything H3605 that he has, and do not spare H2550 him; but put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 both H4480 man H376 and woman H802, child H5768 and infant H3243, ox H7794 and sheep H7716, camel H1581 and donkey H2543.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:9 - David H1732 [fn]attacked H5221 the land H776 and did not leave H2421 a man H376 or a woman H802 alive H2421, and he took H3947 the sheep H6629, the cattle H1241, the donkeys H2543, the camels H1581, and the clothing H899. Then he returned H7725 and came H935 to Achish H397.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - And David H1732 [fn]slaughtered H5221 them from the twilight H5399 [fn]until H5704 the evening H6153 of [fn]the next H4283 day H4283; and not a man H376 of them escaped H4422, except H3588 H518 four H702 hundred H3967 young H5288 men H5288 who H834 rode H7392 on camels H1581 and fled H1272.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - So she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 with a very H3966 large H3515 entourage H2428, with camels H1581 carrying H5375 balsam H1314 oil H1314 and a very H3966 large H7227 quantity of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones H68. When she came H935 to Solomon H8010, she spoke H1696 to him about everything H3605 that was in her heart H3824.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:9 - So Hazael H2371 went H1980 to meet H7122 him and took H3947 a gift H4503 in his hand H3027, even every H3605 kind of good H2898 thing H2898 of Damascus H1834, forty H705 camels’ H1581 loads H4853; and he came H935 and stood H5975 before H6440 him and said H559, “Your son H1121 Ben-hadad H1130 king H4428 of Aram H758 has sent H7971 me to you, saying H559, ‘Will I recover H2421 from this H2088 sickness H2483?’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - They took H7617 away H7617 their livestock H4735: their fifty H2572 thousand H505 camels H1581, 250,000 H3967 H2572 H505 sheep H6629, and two H505 thousand H505 donkeys H2543; and a hundred H3967 thousand H505 [fn]people H5315 H120.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover, those who were near H7138 to them, as far H5704 as Issachar H3485, Zebulun H2074, and Naphtali H5321, brought H935 food H3899 on donkeys H2543, camels H1581, mules H6505, and on oxen H1241, great H7230 quantities H7230 of flour H7058 cakes H7058, fig H1690 cakes H1690 and bunches H6778 of H6778 raisins H6778, wine H3196, oil H8081, oxen H1241, and sheep H6629. There was joy H8057 indeed H3588 in Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:30 - Obil H179 the Ishmaelite H3459 was responsible H5921 for the camels H1581; and Jehdeiah H3165 the Meronothite H4824 was responsible H5921 for the donkeys H860.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 -

Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010, she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 to test H5254 Solomon H8010 with riddles H2420. She had a very H3966 large H3515 entourage H2428, with camels H1581 carrying H5375 balsam H1314 oil H1314 and a large H7230 amount H7230 of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones H68; and when she came H935 to Solomon H8010, she spoke H1696 with him about everything H3605 that was on her heart H3824.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:15 - They also H1571 fatally H5221 struck H5221 [fn]those who owned H168 livestock H4735, and they led H7617 away H7617 large H7230 numbers H7230 of sheep H6629 and camels H1581. Then they returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:67 - their camels H1581, 435 H702 H3967 H7970 H2568; their donkeys H2543, 6,720 H8337 H505 H7651 H3967 H6242.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - their camels H1581, 435 H702 H3967 H7970 H2568; their donkeys H2543, 6,720 H8337 H505 H7651 H3967 H6242.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His possessions H4735 were seven H7651 thousand H505 sheep H6629, three H7969 thousand H505 camels H1581, five H2568 hundred H3967 yoke H6776 of oxen H1241, five H2568 hundred H3967 female H860 donkeys H860, and very H3966 many H7227 servants H5657; and that man H376 was the greatest H1419 of all H3605 the [fn]men H1121 of the east H6924.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17 - While he was still H5750 speaking H1696, another H2088 came H935 and said H559, “The Chaldeans H3778 formed H7760 three H7969 units H7218 and made H6584 a H6584 raid H6584 on the camels H1581 and took H3947 them, and [fn]killed H5221 the servants H5288 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719, and I alone H905 H7534 have escaped H4422 to tell H5046 you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - The LORD H3068 blessed H1288 the latter H319 days of Job H347 more H4480 than H4480 his beginning H7225; and he had H1961 fourteen H702 H6240 thousand H505 sheep H6629, six H8337 thousand H505 camels H1581, a thousand H505 yoke H6776 of oxen H1241, and a thousand H505 female H860 donkeys H860.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:7 -

“When he sees H7200 [fn]a column H7393 of chariots H7393, horsemen H6571 in pairs H6776,

A train H7393 of donkeys H2543, a train H7393 of camels H1581,

He is to pay H7181 close H7182 attention H7181, very H7227 close H7182 attention H7182.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 -

The pronouncement H4853 concerning the animals H929 of the Negev H5045:

Through a land H776 of distress H6869 and anguish H6695,

From [fn]where H1992 come lioness H3833 and lion H3918, viper H660 and flying H5774 serpent H8314,

They carry H5375 their riches H2428 on the [fn]backs H3802 of young H5895 donkeys H5895,

And their treasures H214 on camels’ H1581 humps H1707,

To a people H5971 who will H3808 not benefit H3276 them;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:6 -

“A multitude H8229 of camels H1581 will cover H3680 you,

The young H1072 camels H1072 of Midian H4080 and Ephah H5891;

All H3605 those from Sheba H7614 will come H935;

They will bring H5375 gold H2091 and frankincense H3828,

And proclaim H1319 good H1319 news H1319 of the praises H8416 of the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:29 -

“They will take H3947 away their tents H168 and their flocks H6629;

They will carry H5375 off H5375 for themselves

Their tent H3407 curtains H3407, all H3605 their goods H3627 and their camels H1581,

And they will call H7121 out H7121 to one another, ‘Horror H4032 on every H5439 side H5439!’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:32 -

“Their camels H1581 will become H1961 plunder H957,

And their many H1995 livestock H4735 for spoils H7998,

And I will scatter H2219 to all H3605 the winds H7307 those who cut H7112 the corners H6285 of their hair;

And I will bring H935 their disaster H343 from every H3605 side H5676,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - “I will make H5414 Rabbah H7237 a pasture H5116 for camels H1581, and the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 a resting H4769 place H4769 for flocks H6629. Then you will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068.”

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