What does גְּמוּל · שׁוּב mean in the Bible?
גְּמוּל · שׁוּב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "recompense, repayment / return".
Hebrew · H1576, H7725
גְּמוּל / שׁוּב גְּמוּל
Treatment , i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital · to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat ; often adverbial, again
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גְּמוּל H1576 treatment , i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
Pronunciation gĕmûl
Recompense or requital—divine or human—for deeds done; carries moral weight of deserved consequence.
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שׁוּב H7725 to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat ; often adverbial, again
Pronunciation šûḇ
Core concept of reversal or turning away; theologically dominant as repentance (turning from sin toward God)
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What does גְּמוּל / שׁוּב גְּמוּל (gəmûl / shûb gəmûl) mean in the Bible?
גְּמוּל · שׁוּב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "recompense, repayment / return".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1576, H7725?
H1576, H7725 is connected to 1,092 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. recompense, repayment / return
Strong's H1576, H7725
Lexical occurrences 1,092 verses Source Gloss
recompense, repayment / return
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
גְּמוּל / שׁוּב גְּמוּל is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
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