Gamal גָּמַל
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| גָּמַל | |
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| Transliteration | gamal |
| Strong's number | H1580 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to wean |
| Occurrences | 37 in 32 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (9) |
Gamal (Hebrew גָּמַל, Strong's H1580) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to wean”. It occurs 37 times in 32 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to deal fully with, recompense
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to deal out to, do to
1a2) to deal bountifully with
1a3) to recompense, repay, requite
2) (Qal) to wean a child (Niphal) to be weaned
3) (Qal) to ripen, bear ripe (almonds)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to deal out to, do to
1a2) to deal bountifully with
1a3) to recompense, repay, requite
2) (Qal) to wean a child (Niphal) to be weaned
3) (Qal) to ripen, bear ripe (almonds)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | weaned (10), rewarded (7), bountifully (4), did (2), recompense (2), child (2), bestowed (2), yielded (1), requite (1), reward (1), served (1), done (1), and 3 other renderings |
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| BSB | was weaned (2), has rewarded me (2), like a weaned child (2), we did (1), they did (1), produced (1), how you repay (1), is weaned (1), you have weaned him (1), she had weaned (1), she had weaned him (1), have rewarded me (1), and 21 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Gamal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 21:8And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
- Genesis 50:15And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
- Genesis 50:17So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
Numbers
- Numbers 17:8And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 1:22But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever.but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
- 1 Samuel 1:23And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
- 1 Samuel 1:24And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young.Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
- 1 Samuel 24:17And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 19:36Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?
- 2 Samuel 22:21The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 11:20And 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.And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son named Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath lived there among the sons of Pharaoh.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 20:11Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.
Psalms
- Psalm 7:4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
- Psalm 13:6I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
- Psalm 18:20The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
- Psalm 103:10He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
- Psalm 116:7Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
- Psalm 119:17Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
- Psalm 131:2Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
- Psalm 137:8O 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.
- Psalm 142:7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 3:30Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
- Proverbs 11:17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
- Proverbs 31:12She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 3:9The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
- Isaiah 11:8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.
- Isaiah 18:5For 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.For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.
- Isaiah 28:9Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
- Isaiah 63:7I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
Hosea
- Hosea 1:8Now when she had weaned Lo–ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.
Joel
- Joel 3:4Yea, 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.
Notes
- 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).