גָּמַל
ga.mal
to wean
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word "גָּמַל" (H1580) is used to describe a process called "to wean". In general, weaning is related to the act of stopping or slowing down the breast-feeding process, often during the transition from dependence on milk to solid foods. This verb "גָּמַל" appears 37 times in the Bible, showcasing its importance in describing various life stages, primarily those of infancy and parenting. The frequency of its occurrence suggests that weaning played a vital role in ancient Israelite life, perhaps due to cultural or health-related reasons. Given its repeated use in the Bible, the word "גָּמַל" likely carries cultural and social significance, possibly highlighting the importance of independence, nutrition, and childcare practices during this period in human development.
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Occurrences in Scripture
37 total occurrences across the text
behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
Psalms 7:4if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
Psalms 13:6I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.
Psalms 18:20Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, he has recompensed me.
Psalms 103:10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
Psalms 116:7Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
Psalms 119:17Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.
Psalms 131:2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Psalms 131:2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Psalms 137:8Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.
Psalms 142:7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.
Proverbs 3:30Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
Proverbs 11:17The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Proverbs 31:12She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
Isaiah 3:9The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don’t hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Isaiah 11:8The nursing child will play near a cobra’s hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
Isaiah 18:5For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and he will cut down and take away the spreading branches.
Isaiah 28:9Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?
Isaiah 63:7I will tell of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has given to us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
Isaiah 63:7I will tell of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has given to us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
Hosea 1:8Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.
Joel 3:4“Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
Genesis 21:8The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
Genesis 21:8The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
Genesis 50:15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all the evil which we did to him.”
Genesis 50:17‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.” ’ Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
Numbers 17:8On the next day, Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony; and behold, Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi had sprouted, budded, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
Deuteronomy 32:6Is this the way you repay Yahweh, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.
1 Samuel 1:22But Hannah didn’t go up, for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and stay there forever.”
1 Samuel 1:23Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish his word.” So the woman waited and nursed her son until she weaned him.
1 Samuel 1:23Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish his word.” So the woman waited and nursed her son until she weaned him.
1 Samuel 1:24When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a container of wine, and brought him to Yahweh’s house in Shiloh. The child was young.
1 Samuel 24:17He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
1 Samuel 24:17He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
1 Kings 11:20The sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.
2 Samuel 19:36Your servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
2 Samuel 22:21Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness. He rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.