Recompense
גְּמוּלStrong’s H1576gemul (ge-mul)
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gemul is the Hebrew word usually translated “recompense”, “recompense your” and “according to dealing of”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands;”
Meaning
- Dealing, recompense, benefitdealing (of one's hand) · recompense · benefit
How it's translated
- recompense 7
- recompense your 3
- according to dealing of 1
- according to benefit 1
- recompense their 1
- benefits his 1
- dealing your 1
- and dealing of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- Isaiah 4
- Proverbs 2
- Joel 2
- Judges 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- Psalms 28:4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
- Psalms 94:2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
- Psalms 103:2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
- Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- Proverbs 12:14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
Hebrew dictionary
גְּמוּל gemul · recompense
1) dealing, recompense, benefit 1a) dealing (of one's hand) 1b) recompense 1c) benefit
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “recompense” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REC'OMPENSE, verb transitive
- To compensate; to make return of an equivalent for any thing given, done or suffered; as, to recompense a person for services, for fidelity or for sacrifices of time, for loss or damages.
- To require; to repay; to return an equivalent; in a bad sense.“Recompense to no man evil for evil” Romans 12:17
- To make an equivalent return in profit or produce.
- To compensate; to make amends by any thing equivalent.
All definitions and other forms of “recompense”
- To make restitution or an equivalent return for. Numbers 5:7
REC'OMPENSE, noun
- An equivalent returned for any thing given, done or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; as a recompense for services, for damages, for loss, etc.
- Requital; return of evil or suffering or other equivalent; as a punishment.“And every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward” Hebrews 2:2
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.