גָּמַל
gâmal · gaw-mal'
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
- to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite
- by implication, (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, [phrase] serve, mean, yield.
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
- 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 › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּמַל 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
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rewarded2 · 8%
- and was weaned1 · 4%
- was weaned1 · 4%
- which we did1 · 4%
- for they did1 · 4%
- and yielded1 · 4%
- do ye thus requite1 · 4%
- be weaned1 · 4%
- until thou have weaned1 · 4%
- until she weaned1 · 4%
- and when she had weaned1 · 4%
- than i: for thou hast rewarded1 · 4%
- whereas i have rewarded1 · 4%
- recompense1 · 4%
- weaned1 · 4%
- behold, i say, how they reward1 · 4%
- if i have rewarded1 · 4%
- because he hath dealt bountifully1 · 4%
- nor rewarded1 · 4%
- hath dealt bountifully1 · 4%
- gimel. deal bountifully1 · 4%
- as a child that is weaned1 · 4%
- is even as a weaned child1 · 4%
- thee as thou hast served1 · 4%
- for thou shalt deal bountifully1 · 4%
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.