גָּלָה galah
Hebrew word for “to reveal” · Strong’s H1540 · used 186 times in 167 verses
Meaning
: remove/exile; 1) to uncover, remove;
Senses in the lexicon
- to reveal: remove (74)
- to reveal: uncover (66)
- to reveal: reveal (43)
- to reveal: proclaim (2)
- Heglam (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for galah in context, with how often each is used:
- will uncover 27
- took into exile 19
- uncovered 16
- will go into exile 8
- had taken into exile 7
- uncover 7
- went into exile 6
- has uncovered 6
- has gone into exile 4
- revealed 4
- had been taken into exile 3
- certainly 3
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 26 | 1.2 | |
| Leviticus | 24 | 2.0 | |
| Isaiah | 17 | 1.0 | |
| 1 Samuel | 15 | 1.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 14 | 1.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 14 | 0.7 | |
| Amos | 12 | 5.9 | |
| Job | 8 | 1.0 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 7 | 0.7 | |
| Proverbs | 7 | 1.0 | |
| 2 Samuel | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Esther | 5 | 1.6 |
Also in 15 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 18 (14), 2 Kings 17 (7), Leviticus 20 (6), Jeremiah 29 (4), Jeremiah 52 (4), 1 Samuel 20 (3), Ezekiel 16 (3), Ezekiel 23 (3), Numbers 24 (2), Ruth 3 (2)
Forms
- גלה 23
- תגלה 17
- הגלה 12
- ויגל 11
- יגלה 7
- הגלו 6
- ונגלה 6
- גלו 5
- וגליתי 5
- לגלות 4
Words used with it
Words that share verses with galah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֶרְוָה ervah “nakedness” 28
- בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 19
- אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 13
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 17
- נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר nevukhadnetstsar “Nebuchadnezzar” 9
- רָאָה raah “to see” 18
- אָב av “father” 17
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 16
- עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 11
- יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 15
- גּוֹלָה golah “captivity” 8
- אַשּׁוּר ashshur “Assyria” 9
Key verses
The verses using galah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Kings 15:29 — In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead,…
- 2 Kings 17:6 — In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of…
- Psalms 98:2 — The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
- Isaiah 23:1 — The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to…
- Isaiah 26:21 — For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no…
- Isaiah 40:5 — And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
- Isaiah 49:9 — That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all…
- Isaiah 53:1 — Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
- Jeremiah 29:14 — And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I…
- Jeremiah 33:6 — Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Lamentations 2:14 — Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false…
- Amos 3:7 — Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
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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.