Hebrew noun · H1581
גָּמָל
gamalgaw-mawl'
camel
54 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gâmâl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1581is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 17 of 39Old Testament books
- 46spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1581
a camel
The King James renders it: camel.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gamal is rendered "camel". It stands 54 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.
- Twenty-five of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 12:16He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
- The Greek text spells it forty-six different ways.
The first use
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
Genesis 12:16וּגְמַלִּֽים׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-five of the word's fifty-four uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- camels10
- the camels10
- and camels6
- camels their5
- the camel5
- and camels their2
- and to camels their2
- camels your2
- for camels your2
- a camel1
- and on the camels1
- and the camels1
and 7 more, 54 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 54, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
46 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַגְּמַלִּ֖ים3
- גָּמָ֑ל2
- גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃2
- גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָ2
- הַ֠גָּמָל2
- הַגְּמַלִּים֙2
- וּגְמַלִּ֖ים2
- בַּגְּמַלִּ֔ים1
- גְמַלֵּיהֶ֜ם1
- גְּֽמַלֵּיהֶ֞ם1
- גְּמַ֨לֵּיהֶ֔ם1
- גְּמַלָּֽיו׃1
and 34 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine or feminine plural10HNcbpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine plural10HTd/Ncbpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine plural6HC/Ncbpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural5HNcmpc/Sp3mp
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular5HTd/Ncbsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine plural3HRd/Ncbpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
- noun · masculine or feminine singular2HNcbsa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HNcmpc/Sp2ms
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine plural1HC/Rd/Ncbpa
Genesis
twenty-five uses
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
- וּגְמַלִּֽים׃ugemalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and camels
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
- גְמַלִּ֜יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: camels
- מִגְּמַלֵּ֤יmigemaleipreposition + noun · masculine or feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from camels of
As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
- הַגְּמַלִּ֛יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: the camels
Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
- גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָgemaleikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: camels your
After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”
- לִגְמַלֶּ֙יךָ֙ligmaleikhapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: for camels your
And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.
- גְּמַלָּֽיו׃gemalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: camels his
And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
- הַגְּמַלִּים֙hagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: the camels
As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
- הַגְּמַלִּ֖יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: the camels
“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”
- לַגְּמַלִּֽים׃lagemalimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: for the camels
So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
- הַגְּמַלִּ֑יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: the camels
- לַגְּמַלִּ֔יםlagemalimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: to the camels
“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
- וּגְמַלִּ֖יםugemalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and camels
and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
- לִגְמַלֶּ֖יךָligmaleikhapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: for camels your
She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.
- גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָgemaleikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: camels your
- הַגְּמַלִּ֖יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: the camels
Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
- הַגְּמַלִּ֔יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: the camels
Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
- גְמַלִּ֖יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: camels
And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
- הַגָּמָֽל׃hagamalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the camel
Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
- וּגְמַלִּ֖יםugemalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and camels
Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
- הַגְּמַלִּֽים׃hagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: the camels
Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
- הַגָּמָ֖לhagamalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the camel
In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
- וְהַגְּמַלִּ֖יםvehaggemalimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and the camels
30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
- גְּמַלִּ֧יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: camels
And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
- וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֣םugemaleihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and camels their
Exodus
one use
then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
- בַּגְּמַלִּ֔יםbagemalimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: on the camels
Leviticus
one use
But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
- הַ֠גָּמָלhagamolthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the camel
Deuteronomy
one use
But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger.
- הַ֠גָּמָלhagamolthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the camel
Judges
four uses
For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.
- וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖םveligmaleihemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and to camels their
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙veligmaleihemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and to camels their
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
- גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃gemaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: camels their
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
- גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃gemaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: camels their
1 Samuel
three uses
Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
- מִגָּמָ֖לmigamalpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: from a camel
Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
- וּגְמַלִּים֙ugemalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and camels
And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
- הַגְּמַלִּ֖יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: the camels
1 Kings
one use
She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.
- גְּ֠מַלִּיםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: camels
2 Kings
one use
So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
- גָּמָ֑לgamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: camel
1 Chronicles
three uses
They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 captives,
- גְּֽמַלֵּיהֶ֞םgemaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: camels their
And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.
- וּבַגְּמַלִּ֣יםuvaggemalimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and on the camels
Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.
- הַ֨גְּמַלִּ֔יםhagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: the camels
2 Chronicles
two uses
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.
- וּ֠גְמַלִּיםugemalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and camels
They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and carried off many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
- וּגְמַלִּ֔יםugemalimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and camels
Ezra
one use
435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
- גְּמַ֨לֵּיהֶ֔םgemaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: camels their
Nehemiah
one use
435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
- גְּמַלִּ֕יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: camels
Job
three uses
and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
- גְמַלִּ֗יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: camels
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- הַגְּמַלִּים֙hagemalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: the camels
So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
- גְּמַלִּ֔יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: camels
Isaiah
three uses
When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”
- גָּמָ֑לgamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a camel
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
- גְּמַלִּים֙gemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: camels
Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
- גְּמַלִּ֜יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: camels
Jeremiah
two uses
They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
- וּגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖םugemaleihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and camels their
Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.
- גְמַלֵּיהֶ֜םgemaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: camels their
Ezekiel
one use
I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
- גְמַלִּ֔יםgemalimnoun · masculine or feminine pluraltagged: camels
Zechariah
one use
And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.
- הַגָּמָ֣לhagamalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the camel
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
