Strong's Lexicon

H1541

H1541 — גְּלָה גְּלָא

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

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AramaicglahverbOccurrences: 9TWOT: 2656

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1541
Word:גְּלָה גְּלָא
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:corresponding to H1540
Language:Aramaic
Occurrences:9
Transliteration:glah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ghel-aw' ((Aramaic) or glat (Aramaic) {ghel-aw'}) v.
Meaning:1. to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense) 2. (by implication) to exile (captives being usually stripped) 3. (figuratively) to reveal
KJV Renderings:bring over, carry away, reveal.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9411

[גְּלָא, גְּלָה] verb reveal (Biblical Hebrew גָּלָה uncover, reveal); —

Pe`al reveal secrets, human agent: Infinitive לְמִגְלֵא Dan 2:47 ; of God, Participle active גָּלֵא Dan 2:22 Dan 2:28 Dan 2:29 Dan 2:47.
Pe`il Perfect גְַּלִי Dan 2:19, גֱּלִי Dan 2:30, revealed (WCG 225 NöLCB, 1896, 703); — of secret, with ל person
Haph`el take into exile (Biblical Hebrew Hiph`il), Perfect 3 masculine singular הַגְלִי, with accusative of person Ezra 4:10 ; Ezra 5:12 (ל location).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גלה (g’lah)

Daniel 2:19

KJV: Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
EHCC: Then soas the secret revealed

Exodus 4:30

KJV: And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
EHCC: Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities

Exodus 5:18

KJV: Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
EHCC: and carried the people away into Babylon.

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