גְּמוּלgᵉmûwl
dealing, recompence, benefit
Pronunciation: ghem-ool' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1576
Meanings
1. dealing (Judges 9:16; Proverbs 12:14; Isaiah 3:11)
2. hence (from context) equivalent of dealing, recompence (Obadiah 1:15; Joel 4:4; Joel 4:7)
3. benefit (Psalms 103:2; 2 Chronicles 32:25)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Judges 9:16 Jotham continued, “Now make sure you have acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelech your king, and that you have done right by Gideon and all of his descendants. Have you treated him with the honor he deserves for all he accomplished?
- 2 Chronicles 32:25 But Hezekiah did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him, and he became proud. So the Lord’s anger came against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.
- Psalms 28:4 Give them the punishment they so richly deserve! Measure it out in proportion to their wickedness. Pay them back for all their evil deeds! Give them a taste of what they have done to others.
- Psalms 94:2 Arise, O Judge of the earth. Give the proud what they deserve.
- Psalms 103:2 Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me.
- Psalms 137:8 O Babylon, you will be destroyed. Happy is the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).