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Strong's H1581 גָּמָל (gamal)

Gamal means “camel” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1581 — ekkopto (“hew down”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1581
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 51
Books 17

Strong's H1581 Quick Answer

Strong's H1581 גָּמָל (gamal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. gamal (gaw-mawl') n-e. 1. a camel [apparently from H1580 (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing)] It has 51 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include camels, camel, camels', and camel's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
gamal (gaw-mawl') n-e. 1. a camel [apparently from H1580 (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing)]
Usage
51 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
camels, camel, camels', and camel's

Meaning and Definition

gamal (gaw-mawl') n-e. 1. a camel [apparently from H1580 (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing)] KJV: camel. Root(s): H1580

Original Word
גָּמָל
Transliteration
gamal
Derivation
Root: גמל First root strongs: 1580
Morphology
n-e.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1581. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H1581 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render gamal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

camels Genesis 12:16 42× camel Genesis 24:64 camels' Judges 8:21 camel's Genesis 31:34

How Strong's H1581 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 51 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1581 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1581 in the Old Testament

51 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 12:16 KJV

And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

Genesis 24:10 KJV

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

Genesis 24:11 KJV

And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

Usage Excerpts

First 51 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1581.

Genesis 12:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
Genesis 24:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Genesis 24:14 Old Testament, KJV
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Genesis 24:19 Old Testament, KJV
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
Genesis 24:20 Old Testament, KJV
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
Genesis 24:22 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
Genesis 24:30 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
Genesis 24:31 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
Genesis 24:32 Old Testament, KJV
And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.
Genesis 24:35 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 24:44 Old Testament, KJV
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
Genesis 24:46 Old Testament, KJV
And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
Genesis 24:61 Old Testament, KJV
And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
Genesis 24:63 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
Genesis 24:64 Old Testament, KJV
And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
Genesis 30:43 Old Testament, KJV
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 31:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
Genesis 31:34 Old Testament, KJV
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
Genesis 32:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
Genesis 32:15 Old Testament, KJV
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
Genesis 37:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Exodus 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
Leviticus 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Deuteronomy 14:7 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
Judges 6:5 Old Testament, KJV
For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
Judges 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
Judges 8:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
Judges 8:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
1 Samuel 15:3 Old Testament, KJV
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
1 Samuel 27:9 Old Testament, KJV
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
1 Samuel 30:17 Old Testament, KJV
And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
1 Kings 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2 Kings 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
1 Chronicles 5:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
1 Chronicles 12:40 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
1 Chronicles 27:30 Old Testament, KJV
Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
2 Chronicles 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2 Chronicles 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
Ezra 2:67 Old Testament, KJV
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
Nehemiah 7:69 Old Testament, KJV
Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses.
Job 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
Job 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 42:12 Old Testament, KJV
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Isaiah 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
Isaiah 30:6 Old Testament, KJV
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
Isaiah 60:6 Old Testament, KJV
The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:29 Old Testament, KJV
Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
Jeremiah 49:32 Old Testament, KJV
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 25:5 Old Testament, KJV
And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Zechariah 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1581, grouped by book.

Genesis 22 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H1581 FAQ

What does gamal (גָּמָל) mean?

Gamal (Strong's H1581) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "camel". gamal (gaw-mawl') n-e. 1. a camel [apparently from H1580 (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing)]

How many times is gamal (גָּמָל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 51 linked usages for Strong's H1581 across 17 books.

Where can I study gamal (גָּמָל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1581 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate gamal (גָּמָל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as camels, camel, camels', and camel's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.