גְּמוּל
ge.mulrecompenseHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine19 occurrences9 books17 verses
Definition
from H1580; treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
Traditional renderings: as hast served, benefit, desert, deserving, that which he hath given, recompense, reward.
Traditional renderings: as hast served, benefit, desert, deserving, that which he hath given, recompense, reward.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גְּמוּל:
- ἀνταπόδομαantapodoma“repayment”70%
- ἀνταπόδοσιςantapodosis“reward”30%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
19 total
- Judges 9:16כִּגְמ֥וּל · deservesNow 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 32:25כִגְמֻ֤ל · the favor [shown]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 28:4גְּמוּלָ֣ם · what they deserveRepay 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 94:2גְּ֝מ֗וּל · a rewardRise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
- Psalm 103:2גְּמוּלָֽיו׃ · His kind deedsBless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
- Psalm 137:8גְּ֝מוּלֵ֗ךְ · asO Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- Proverbs 12:14וּגְמ֥וּל · and the workBy fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.
- Proverbs 19:17וּ֝גְמֻל֗וֹKindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Isaiah 3:11גְמ֥וּל · they will be repaidWoe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- Isaiah 35:4גְּמ֣וּל · retributionSay 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 59:18גְּמ֖וּל · retribution; גְּמ֥וּל · and recompenseSo He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
- Isaiah 66:6גְּמ֖וּל · what they deserveHear 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 51:6גְּמ֕וּל · what she deservesFlee 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 3:64גְּמ֛וּל · what they deserveYou will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
- Joel 3:4הַגְּמ֗וּל · a recompense; גְּמֻלְכֶ֖ם · your recompenseNow 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 3:7גְמֻלְכֶ֖ם · your recompenseBehold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
- Obadiah 1:15גְּמֻלְךָ֖ · your recompenseFor 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.