גָּאַל gaal

Hebrew word for “to defile” · Strong’s H1351 · used 11 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

1) to defile, pollute, desecrate;

How it is translated

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

• defiled 6
• have defiled 1
• defiled himself 1
• will defile himself 1
• defiled one 1
• have we defiled 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Malachi 1 (2), Ezra 2 (1), Nehemiah 7 (1), Isaiah 59 (1), Isaiah 63 (1), Lamentations 4 (1), Daniel 1 (1), Zephaniah 3 (1)

Forms

• ויגאלו 2
• נגאלו 2
• יתגאל 2
• מגאל 2
• אגאלתי 1
• ונגאלה 1
• גאלנוך 1

Words used with it

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

• כְּהֻנָּה kehunnah “priesthood” 2
• כְּתָב katav “writing” 2
• יָחַשׂ yachas “to enroll” 2
• בָּקַשׁ baqash “to seek” 3
• בָּזָה bazah “to despise” 2
• שֻׁלְחָן shulchan “table” 2
• דָּם dam “blood” 2
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 2
• אֵלֶּה elleh “these” 2
• מִן־ min “from” 2

Key verses

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

• Ezra 2:62 — These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
• Nehemiah 7:64 — These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
• Isaiah 59:3 — For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
• Isaiah 63:3 — I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood…
• Lamentations 4:14 — They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
• Daniel 1:8 — But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested…
• Zephaniah 3:1 — Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
• Malachi 1:7 — Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
• Malachi 1:12 — But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

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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.