Gemul גְּמוּל

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Gemul (Hebrew גְּמוּל, Strong's H1576) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “recompense”. It occurs 19 times in 17 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) dealing, recompense, benefit
1a) dealing (of one's hand)
1b) recompense
1c) benefit

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	recompence (10), reward (3), deserving (1), benefit (1), desert (1), benefits (1), given (1)
BSB	what they deserve (3), your recompense (3), retribution (2), recompense (2), deserves (1), favor (1), reward (1), his kind deeds (1), work (1), they will be repaid (1), what she deserves (1)

Every verse with Gemul, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Judges 9:16
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—

2 Chronicles 32:25
But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

Psalm 28:4
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.
Psalm 94:2
Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
Psalm 103:2
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
Psalm 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

Proverbs 12:14
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.
Proverbs 19:17
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Isaiah 35:4
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
Isaiah 59:18
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
Isaiah 66:6
A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies.Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!

Jeremiah 51:6
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.

Lamentations 3:64
Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

Joel 3:4
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;Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
Joel 3:7
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.

Obadiah 1:15
For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).