גְּמוּל
gᵉmûwl · ghem-ool'
treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1580 (גָּמַל);
treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
- treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill)
- by implication, service or requital
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] as hast served, benefit, desert, deserving, that which he hath given, recompense, reward.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּמוּל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- recompence3 · 16%
- your recompence2 · 11%
- unto him according to the deserving1 · 5%
- according to the benefit1 · 5%
- to them their desert1 · 5%
- a reward1 · 5%
- not all his benefits1 · 5%
- thee as thou hast served1 · 5%
- and the recompence1 · 5%
- and that which he hath given1 · 5%
- with him: for the reward1 · 5%
- with a recompence1 · 5%
- unto her a recompence1 · 5%
- unto them a recompence1 · 5%
- me a recompence1 · 5%
- unto thee: thy reward1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.