ge.mul denotes a return or due given in response to deeds, whether punitive, beneficial, or measured by conduct.

The term most often denotes punitive repayment directed toward enemies, the wicked, or those judged for their deeds. It can also describe a beneficial return or benefits received, and once frames treatment measured by a person's conduct.

1. Punitive repayment for deeds · dominant

   This use concerns a return imposed on adversaries or wrongdoers in relation to what they have done. In Isaiah 59:18 the two absolute forms stand in a clause where repayment is according to deeds and includes fury for adversaries; in Obadiah 1:15 the APB renders the outcome as something that returns upon the offender's head.

   Isaiah 59:18Isaiah 3:11Jeremiah 51:6Obadiah 1:15Psalm 28:4Psalm 94:2
2. Beneficial return or received benefits · occasional

   The term can mark a favorable return connected with a person's words, deed, or prior benefit. In Proverbs 19:17 its construct form occurs in the clause about generosity to the poor and the LORD repaying the deed; in Psalm 103:2 the plural construct form appears where the APB renders all God's acts toward the speaker as "benefits."

   Proverbs 12:14Proverbs 19:17Psalm 103:22 Chronicles 32:25
3. Treatment measured by conduct · rare

   In Judges 9:16 the construct form occurs in a conditional assessment of how Abimelech and Jerubbaal's house have been treated. The APB renders the clause as acting "according to the recompense of his hand," tying the treatment to what was due in view of conduct.

   Judges 9:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the relevant clauses with "recompense," "repay," "return," "due," and "benefits." These renderings indicate the verse-level presentation rather than fixed English equivalents for the term.