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To wean

גָּמַלStrong’s H1580

gamal (ga-mal)

Appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Gamal is the Hebrew word usually translated “has dealt bountifully”, “was weaned” and “we dealt out to”. It appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.”
Genesis 21:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. To deal fully with, recompense(Qal)
  2. (Qal) to wean a child (Niphal) to be weaned
  3. (Qal) to ripen, bear ripe (almonds)
How it's translated
  • he has dealt bountifully 2
  • and he was weaned 1
  • was weaned 1
  • we dealt out to 1
  • they dealt out to you 1
  • and it had ripened 1
  • do you repay 1
  • he will be weaned 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 9
  • Isaiah 5
  • 1 Samuel 4
  • Genesis 3
  • Proverbs 3
  • 2 Samuel 2

12 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 32 verses, by book
Numbers 1
17:8
Deuteronomy 1
32:6
2 Samuel 2
19:3622:21
1 Kings 1
11:20
2 Chronicles 1
20:11
Proverbs 3
3:3011:1731:12
Hosea 1
1:8
Joel 1
3:4
Hebrew dictionary

גָּמַל gamal · to wean

1) to deal fully with, recompense 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to deal out to, do to 1a2) to deal bountifully with 1a3) to recompense, repay, requite 2) (Qal) to wean a child (Niphal) to be weaned 3) (Qal) to ripen, bear ripe (almonds)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “wean” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WEAN, verb transitive

[G. See Wont.]

  1. To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of the breast.“And the child grew, and was weaned” Genesis 21:8
  2. To detach or alienate, as the affections, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of any thing; as, to wean the heart from temporal enjoyments.

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.