גָּאַל gaal

Hebrew word for “to redeem” · Strong’s H1350 · used 104 times in 84 verses

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Meaning

: redeem; 1) to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman;

Senses in the lexicon

• to redeem: redeem (88)
• to redeem: avenge (13)
• to redeem: relative (2)
• redemption (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for gaal in context, with how often each is used:

• will redeem 18
• redeemer 17
• avenger 13
• kinsman-redeemer 10
• redeem 8
• will be redeemed 7
• redeemed 5
• has redeemed 5
• have redeemed 4
• certainly if 3
• kinsman redeemer 2
• redeemed people 2

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 27 (8), Leviticus 25 (7), Numbers 35 (6), Ruth 4 (6), Isaiah 44 (4), Joshua 20 (3), Ruth 3 (3), Isaiah 63 (3), Deuteronomy 19 (2), Isaiah 43 (2)

Forms

• גאל 26
• יגאל 14
• גאלם 5
• הגאל 4
• גאלת 4
• וגאלך 4
• יגאלנו 3
• לגאל 3
• גאולי 3
• גאלך 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gaal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָּם dam “blood” 13
• רָצַח ratsach “to murder” 8
• אִם im “if” 13
• מָכַר makhar “to sell” 7
• יַעֲקֹב yaaqov “Jacob” 9
• קָדוֹשׁ qadosh “holy” 6
• חֲמִישִׁי chamishi “fifth” 5
• מִקְלָט miqlat “refuge” 4
• חַי chay “alive” 7
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 7
• אֲנִי ani “I” 8
• עֵרֶךְ erekh “valuation” 4

Key verses

The verses using gaal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 48:16 — The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow…
• Isaiah 41:14 — Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 43:1 — 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;…
• Isaiah 44:6 — Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
• Isaiah 44:22 — I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
• Isaiah 44:23 — Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for…
• Isaiah 44:24 — Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that…
• Isaiah 48:17 — Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou…
• Isaiah 49:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall…
• Isaiah 54:5 — For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Isaiah 63:9 — 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…
• Hosea 13:14 — 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.