Usually translated as
deal bountifully, recompense, do, requite, reward, bestow on, ripen, serve, mean, yield
Occurrences
Gâmal occurs 37 times in 32 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (9), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (5), Hosea (1), Joel (1)
- Genesis 21:8 — And the child grew, and was weaned (וַיִּגָּמַ֑ל): and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
- Genesis 21:8 — And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned (הִגָּמֵ֥ל).
- Genesis 50:15 — And 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 (גָּמַ֖לְנוּ) unto him.
- Genesis 50:17 — So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did (גְמָל֔וּךָ) 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.
- Numbers 17:8 — And 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 (וַיִּגְמֹ֖ל) almonds.
- Deuteronomy 32:6 — Do ye thus requite (תִּגְמְלוּ) the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
- 1 Samuel 1:22 — But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned (יִגָּמֵ֤ל), and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
- 1 Samuel 1:23 — And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned (גָּמְלֵ֣ךְ) him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
- 1 Samuel 1:23 — And 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 (גָּמְלָ֖הּ) him.
- 1 Samuel 1:24 — And when she had weaned (גְּמָלַ֗תּוּ) 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.
- 1 Samuel 24:17 — And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded (גְּמַלְתַּ֣נִי) me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
- 1 Samuel 24:17 — And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded (גְּמַלְתִּ֥יךָ) thee evil.
- 2 Samuel 19:36 — Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense (יִגְמְלֵ֣נִי) it me with such a reward?
- 2 Samuel 22:21 — The LORD rewarded (יִגְמְלֵ֥נִי) me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
- 1 Kings 11:20 — And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned (וַתִּגְמְלֵ֣הוּ) in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.
- 2 Chronicles 20:11 — Behold, I say, how they reward (גֹּמְלִ֖ים) us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
- Psalms 7:4 — If I have rewarded (גָּ֭מַלְתִּי) evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
- Psalms 13:6 — I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully (גָמַ֣ל) with me.
- Psalms 18:20 — The LORD rewarded (יִגְמְלֵ֣נִי) me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
- Psalms 103:10 — He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded (גָּמַ֥ל) us according to our iniquities.
- Psalms 116:7 — Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully (גָּמַ֥ל) with thee.
- Psalms 119:17 — Deal bountifully (גְּמֹ֖ל) with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
- Psalms 131:2 — Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned (כְּ֭גָמֻל) of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
- Psalms 131:2 — Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child (כַּגָּמֻ֖ל).
- Psalms 137:8 — O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served (שֶׁגָּמַ֥לְתְּ) us.
- Psalms 142:7 — Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully (תִגְמֹ֣ל) with me.
- Proverbs 3:30 — Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done (גְמָלְךָ֣) thee no harm.
- Proverbs 11:17 — The merciful man doeth good (גֹּמֵ֣ל) to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
- Proverbs 31:12 — She will do (גְּמָלַ֣תְהוּ) him good and not evil all the days of her life.
- Isaiah 3:9 — The 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 (גָמְל֥וּ) evil unto themselves.
- Isaiah 11:8 — And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child (גָּמ֖וּל) shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
- Isaiah 18:5 — For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening (גֹּמֵ֖ל) in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
- Isaiah 28:9 — Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned (גְּמוּלֵי֙) from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
- Isaiah 63:7 — I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed (גְּמָלָ֖נוּ) 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.
- Isaiah 63:7 — I 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 (גְּמָלָ֥ם) on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
- Hosea 1:8 — Now when she had weaned (וַתִּגְמֹ֖ל) Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
- 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 (גֹּמְלִ֤ים) me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;