Lexical Definition

‎גְּמוּל‎ gᵉmûwl (ghem-ool') recompense ^H:N-M
from ‎גָּמַל‎

[phrase] as hast served, benefit, desert, deserving, that which he hath given, recompense, reward.

• treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill)
• by implication, service or requital

1) dealing, recompense, benefit
1a) dealing (of one's hand)
1b) recompense
1c) benefit

See Greek: αἴνεσις · ἀνταπόδομα · ἀνταπόδοσις · δόμα · ἔργον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גְּמוּל‎ noun masculine dealing, recompence, benefit — ‎׳‎‎ג‎ Ps 94:2 + 11 t.; suffix ‎גְּמֻלְךָ‎ Obad 1:15, etc.; plural suffix ‎גְּמוּלָיו‎ Ps 103:2 —

1. ‎גְּמוּל יָדַיִם‎ dealing of the hands Judg 9:16; Prov 12:14 (‎יָשׁוּב לְ‎) Isa 3:11 (‎יֵעָשֶׂה לְ‎).

2. dealing, hence (from context) equivalent of dealing, recompence: with suffix Obad 1:15 ‎גמלך ישׁוב בראשׁך‎, Joel 4:4*; Joel 4:7* (‎הֵשִׁיב‎), so with ‎הֵשִׁיב לְ‎ Ps 28:4 ‎שִׁלֵּם לְ‎ Ps 137:8; Prov 19:17 absolutely ‎גְּמוּל לְ‎ (‎הֵשִׁיב‎) ‎שִׁלֵם‎ Isa 59:18 (twice in verse); Isa 66:6; Jer 51:6; Lam 3:64 ‎עַל‎ Joel 4:4*; Ps 94:2; Isa 35:4 ‎׳‎‎ג‎ ‎אלהים‎ the recompence of God.

3. benefit: ‎אַל‎ ‎תשׁכחי כל גמוליו‎ Ps 103:2 ‎כגמול עליו‎ according to the benefit (done) unto him 2Chr 32:25

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