To wean
גָּמַלStrong’s H1580gamal (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.”
Meaning
- To deal fully with, recompense(Qal)
- (Qal) to wean a child (Niphal) to be weaned
- (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
- Genesis 50:15And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
- Genesis 50:17So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
- Numbers 17:8And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
- Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
- 1 Samuel 1:22But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
- 1 Samuel 1:23And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
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.]
- 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
- 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.