גְּמוּלָה
gemula · recompense
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1578 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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gemula (גְּמוּלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “recompense”.
Pay, recompense: what is given to someone for what he did, good or bad. It is the feminine form of another word with the same sense.
How to say it
ge·mu·la
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What one receives in return for what one did.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- deeds ×1
- recompenses ×1
- reward ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 19:36
Your servant will cross the Jordan with the king just a little way; and why should the king repay me with this reward?
- Isaiah 59:18
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay: fury to his adversaries, retribution to his enemies; to the coastlands he will repay retribution.
- Jeremiah 51:56
For the devastator has come upon her, upon Babylon, and her mighty men are captured, their bows are shattered; for El of recompenses is YHWH; he will surely repay.