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גָּעַל gaal
Hebrew word for “to abhor” · Strong’s H1602 · used 10 times in 9 verses
Meaning
1) to abhor, loathe, be vilely cast away, fall;
How it is translated
Glosses given for gaal in context, with how often each is used:
- will abhor 4
- abhorred 1
- defiled 1
- fails 1
- does it abhor 1
- who loathed 1
- loathed 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 26 (5), 2 Samuel 1 (1), Job 21 (1), Jeremiah 14 (1), Ezekiel 16 (1)
Forms
- תגעל 2
- געלה 2
- וגעלה 1
- געלתים 1
- נגעל 1
- יגעל 1
- געלת 1
- געלו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with gaal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מָאַס maas “to reject” 4
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 5
- פָּרַר parar “to break” 2
- חֻקָּה chuqqah “statute” 2
- בְּרִית berit “covenant” 2
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 2
- אִם im “if” 2
Key verses
The verses using gaal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 26:11 — And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
- Leviticus 26:15 — And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
- Leviticus 26:30 — And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
- Leviticus 26:43 — The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their…
- Leviticus 26:44 — And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my…
- 2 Samuel 1:21 — Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast…
- Job 21:10 — Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
- Jeremiah 14:19 — Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no…
- Ezekiel 16:45 — Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their…
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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.