Strong's Lexicon

H1350

H1350 — גָּאַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewga'alverbOccurrences: 105TWOT: 300

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1350
Word:גָּאַל
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:105
Transliteration:ga'al
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gaw-al'
Meaning:1. to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship) 2. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.) 3. kinsman redeemer 4. (in justice) avenger
KJV Renderings:X in any wise, X at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.

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I. גָּאַל verb redeem, act as kinsman (Late Hebrew, Niph`al be redeemed; also גּוֺאֵל, גְּאוּלָּה) —

Qal Perfect ׳ ג, etc. Isa 44:23 + 14 t.; Imperfect יִגְאַל, etc. Lev 25:33 + 18 t.; Imperative גְּאַל, etc. Ruth 4:6 + 3 t.; Infinitive absolute גָּאֹל Lev 27:13 + 2 t.; construct לִגְאוֺל Ruth 4:4 + 2 t.; suffix לְגָאֳלֵךְ Ruth 3:13 Participle גֹּאֵל Lev 25:26 + 24 t., גּוֺאֵל Isa 59:20; Ps 103:4 suffix גֹּאַלְךָ Isa 48:17, גֹּאֲלֵךְ Isa 54:8 (suffix 19 t.); passive plural גְּאוּלִים, etc. Isa 35:9 + 4 t.; —
1. act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin (chiefly in D H P Ruth), גֹּאֵל kinsman Lev 25:25 ( H ) Num 5:8; Num 35:12 ( P ) Ruth 2:20 ; Ruth 3:9; Ruth 3:12; Ruth 4:1; Ruth 4:3; Ruth 4:6; Ruth 4:8; Ruth 4:14; 1Kgs 16:11 .
a. in taking a kinsman's widow אם יגאלך טוב יגאל ואם לא יחפץ לגאלך וגאלתיך if he will do thee the kinsman's part (raise up children by the widow) well, let him do the kinsman's part; but if he is not pleased to do thee the kinsman's part then I will do thee the kinsman's part Ruth 3:13
b. in redeeming from bondage Lev 25:48; Lev 25:49 ( H );
c. in redeeming a field Lev 25:26; Lev 25:33 ( H ) Ruth 4:4 ; Ruth 4:6
d. claim as kinsman Job 3:5
e. גֹּאֵל הַדָּם the avenger of blood Num 35:19 ; Num 35:21 ; Num 35:24 ; Num 35:25 ; Num 35:27 (twice in verse); Josh 20:3; Josh 20:5 (?; not in ᵐ5 ) Josh 20:9 ( P ). Deut 19:6 ; Deut 19:12 ( D ) 2Sam 14:11.
2. redeem, by payment of value assessed, of consecrated things, by the original owner Lev 27:13 ; Lev 27:15 ; Lev 27:19 ; Lev 27:20 ; Lev 27:31 ( P ).
3. redeem, with God as subject implying personal relationship, chiefly in poetry: —
a. individuals, from death Ps 103:4; Lam 3:58; Hos 13:14, מכל רע Gen 48:16 ( E poetry), נפשׁ Ps 69:19 ; Ps 72:14 , orphans Prov 23:11; Jer 50:34, ריבה ריבי וגאלני Ps 119:154, גֹּאֲלִי Job 19:25, צוּרִי וְגֹאֲלִי Ps 19:15 .
b. Israel, from Egyptian bondage Exod 6:6 (P?) Exod 15:13 (song) Ps 74:2; Ps 77:16 ; Ps 78:35, מיד אויב Ps 106:10 .
c. from exile (chiefly Isa3 , the verb not in Isa1) Isa 43:1; Isa 44:22 ; Isa 44:23; Isa 48:20; Isa 52:9; Isa 63:9; Mic 4:10, מיד Ps 107:2 ; Jer 31:11 Yahweh is גֹּאֵל Isa 41:14; Isa 43:14; Isa 44:6 ; Isa 44:24; Isa 47:4 ; Isa 48:17; Isa 49:7 ; Isa 49:26; Isa 54:5 ; Isa 54:8; Isa 59:20; Isa 60:16; Isa 63:16 and the people גְּאוּלִים Isa 35:9 ; Isa 51:10; Isa 62:12; Isa 63:4 (compare גְּאוּלַי below), Ps 107:2.
Niph`al Perfect נִגְאָ֑ל Lev 25:49 Imperfect יִגָּאֵל Lev 25:30 + 5 t.; תִּגָּאֵ֑לוּ Isa 52:3
1. reflexive redeem oneself Lev 25:49 ( H ).
2. passive be redeemed,
a. field Lev 25:30 ( H ), slave Lev 25:54 ( H );
b. consecrated things Lev 27:20; Lev 27:27; Lev 27:28; Lev 27:33 ( P );
c. Jerusalem by Yahweh Isa 52:3.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גאל (gah-al’)

Exodus 6:6

KJV: Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
EHCC: and 1 will redeem you

Exodus 15:13

KJV: Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
EHCC: the people which thow hast redeemed:

Leviticus 25:25

KJV: If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
EHCC: then shail he redeem that

Ruth 3:13

KJV: Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.
EHCC: then will ך do the part of a kinsman to thee,

Psalms 74:2

KJV: Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.rod: or, tribe
EHCC: thou hast redeemed ; this mount

Psalms 77:15

KJV: Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
EHCC: (16). with (thine) arm redeemed ,

Psalms 107:9

KJV: For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
EHCC: whom he hath redeemed (lit. redeemed them) 0

Isaiah 43:1

KJV: But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
EHCC: & 44:22. for I have redeemed thee,

Isaiah 44:23

KJV: Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
EHCC: the Lord hath redeemed Jacob,

Isaiah 48:20

KJV: Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
EHCC: The Lord huth redeemed his servant

Isaiah 63:9

KJV: In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
EHCC: in his pity he redeemed them ;

Jeremiah 31:11

KJV: For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
EHCC: and ransomed him from the

Lamentations 3:58

KJV: O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
EHCC: thou hast redeemed my life,

Leviticus 27:13

KJV: But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
EHCC: But if he will at all redeem it, (lit.redeem-

Ruth 3:13

KJV: Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.
EHCC: el not do the part of a kinsman fo

Ruth 4:4

KJV: And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.I thought…: Heb. I said, I will reveal in thine ear
EHCC: none to redeem (it) beside thee;

Ruth 6:1

EHCC: cannot redeem (it) for myvelf,

Ruth 4:4

KJV: And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.I thought…: Heb. I said, I will reveal in thine ear
EHCC: 1) thou wilt redeem (it), redeem (it):

Ruth 119:154

EHCC: Plead my cause, and deliver me: .

Leviticus 25:88

EHCC: if a man purchase of the Levites, (mai

Leviticus 27:13

KJV: But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
EHCC: if he will at all redeem it,

Leviticus 4:4

KJV: And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the Lord.
EHCC: 1f thou wilt redeem (it), redeera (it): bu

Psalms 72:14

KJV: He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
EHCC: He shall redeem their soul

Psalms 106:10

KJV: And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
EHCC: and redeemed them from

Hosea 13:14

KJV: I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.power: Heb. hand
EHCC: J will redeem them from death:

Micah 4:10

KJV: Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
EHCC: the Lord shall redeem thee

Genesis 4:16

KJV: And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
EHCC: which redeemed me from all evil,

Numbers 5:8

KJV: But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
EHCC: if the man have no dinsman

Numbers 35:12

KJV: And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
EHCC: for refuge from the avenger ;

Ruth 2:20

KJV: And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.one of…: or, one that hath right to redeem
EHCC: 0ne of our next hinsmen. (marg. or, one

Ruth 4:1

KJV: Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
EHCC: the kinsman of whom Boaz spake

Job 19:25

KJV: For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
EHCC: 1 know (that) my redeemer liveth,

Psalms 19:14

KJV: Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.strength: Heb. rock
EHCC: (16).my strength, and my redcemer.

Psalms 78:35

KJV: And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
EHCC: the high God their redeemer,

Psalms 103:4

KJV: Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
EHCC: Who redeemeth thy life from

Proverbs 23:11

KJV: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
EHCC: For their redeemer (is) mighty;

Proverbs 48:14

EHCC: the Lord, ,

Proverbs 47:4

EHCC: our redeemer, the Lord of hosts

Proverbs 48:17

EHCC: Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer,

Proverbs 49:7

EHCC: the Redeemer of Israel,

Proverbs 59:20

EHCC: the Redeemer 1 come to Zion,

Proverbs 0:16

EHCC: thy Saviour and thy Redeemer,

Proverbs 63:16

EHCC: our father, our redeemer ;

Jeremiah 50:34

KJV: Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
EHCC: Their Redeemer (is) strong ;

Psalms 107:2

KJV: Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
EHCC: Let the redeemed of the Lord say

Isaiah 85:9

EHCC: but the redeemed shall walk

Isaiah 51:10

KJV: Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
EHCC: 8 way for the ransomed to pass

Isaiah 62:12

KJV: And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
EHCC: The redeemed of the Lord:

Leviticus 25:49

KJV: Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
EHCC: he may redcem himself.

Leviticus 27:20

KJV: And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
EHCC: it shall not be redeemed any more.

Isaiah 52:3

KJV: For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
EHCC: ye shall be redeemed 1
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