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Lexicon :: Strong's H1350 - gā'al

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גָּאַל
Transliteration
gā'al
Pronunciation
gaw-al'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 300

Strong’s Definitions

גָּאַל gâʼal, gaw-al'; a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.):—× in any wise, × at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x

The KJV translates Strong's H1350 in the following manner: redeem (50x), redeemer (18x), kinsman (13x), revenger (7x), avenger (6x), ransom (2x), at all (2x), deliver (1x), kinsfolks (1x), kinsman's part (1x), purchase (1x), stain (1x), wise (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x
The KJV translates Strong's H1350 in the following manner: redeem (50x), redeemer (18x), kinsman (13x), revenger (7x), avenger (6x), ransom (2x), at all (2x), deliver (1x), kinsfolks (1x), kinsman's part (1x), purchase (1x), stain (1x), wise (1x).

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

    1. (Qal)

      1. to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer

        1. by marrying brother's widow to beget a child for him, to redeem from slavery, to redeem land, to exact vengeance

      2. to redeem (by payment)

      3. to redeem (with God as subject)

        1. individuals from death

        2. Israel from Egyptian bondage

        3. Israel from exile

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to redeem oneself

      2. to be redeemed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּאַל gâʼal, gaw-al'; a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.):—× in any wise, × at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.
STRONGS H1350: Abbreviations
† I. גָּאַל verb redeem, act as kinsman (Late Hebrew, Niph. be redeemed; also גּוֺאֵל, גְּאוּלָּה) —
Qal Perfect ג׳, etc. Isaiah 44:23 + 14 times; Imperfect יִגְאַל, etc. Leviticus 25:33 + 18 times; Imperative גְּאַל, etc. Ruth 4:6 + 3 times; Infinitive absolute גָּאֹל Leviticus 27:13 + 2 times; construct לִגְאוֺל Ruth 4:4 + 2 times; suffix לְגָאֳלֵךְ Ruth 3:13; Participle גֹּאֵל Leviticus 25:26 + 24 times, גּוֺאֵל Isaiah 59:20; Psalm 103:4; suffix גֹּאַלְךָ Isaiah 48:17, גֹּאֲלֵךְ Isaiah 54:8 (suffix + 19 times); passive plural גְּאוּלִים, etc. Isaiah 35:9 + 4 times; —
1. act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin (chiefly in D H P Ruth), גֹּאֵל kinsman Leviticus 25:25 (H) Numbers 5:8; Numbers 35:12 (P) Ruth 2:20; Ruth 3:9, 12; Ruth 4:1, 3, 6, 8, 14; 1 Kings 16:11.
a. in taking a kinsman's widow אם יגאלך טוב יגאל ואם לא יחפץ לגאלך וגאלתיך if he will do thee the kinsman's part (raise up children by the widow) well, let him do the kinsman's part; but if he is not pleased to do thee the kinsman's part then I will do thee the kinsman's part Ruth 3:13;
b. in redeeming from bondage Leviticus 25:48, 49 (H);
c. in redeeming a field Leviticus 25:26, 33 (H) Ruth 4:4, 6;
d. claim as kinsman Job 3:5;
e. גֹּאֵל הַדָּם the avenger of blood Numbers 35:19, 21, 24, 25, 27 (twice in verse); Joshua 20:3, 5 (?; not in Greek Version of the LXX) Joshua 20:9 (P). Deuteronomy 19:6, 12 (D) 2 Samuel 14:11.
2. redeem, by payment of value assessed, of consecrated things, by the original owner Leviticus 27:13, 15, 19, 20, 31 (P).
3. redeem, with God as subject implying personal relationship, chiefly in poetry: —
a. individuals, from death Psalm 103:4; Lamentations 3:58; Hosea 13:14, מכל רע Genesis 48:16 (E poetry), נפשׁ Psalm 69:19; Psalm 72:14, orphans Proverbs 23:11; Jeremiah 50:34, ריבה ריבי וגאלני Psalm 119:154, גֹּאֲלִי Job 19:25, צוּרִי וְגֹאֲלִי Psalm 19:15.
b. Israel, from Egyptian bondage Exodus 6:6 (P?) Exodus 15:13 (song) Psalm 74:2; Psalm 77:16; Psalm 78:35, מיד אויב Psalm 106:10.
c. from exile (chiefly Isaiah3, the verb not in Isaiah1) Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 44:22, 23; Isaiah 48:20; Isaiah 52:9; Isaiah 63:9; Micah 4:10, מיד Psalm 107:2; Jeremiah 31:11; Yahweh is גֹּאֵל Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 44:6, 24; Isaiah 47:4; Isaiah 48:17; Isaiah 49:7, 26; Isaiah 54:5, 8; Isaiah 59:20; Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 63:16; and the people גְּאוּלִים Isaiah 35:9; Isaiah 51:10; Isaiah 62:12; Isaiah 63:4 (compare גְּאוּלַי below), Psalm 107:2.
Niph. Perfect נִגְאָ֑ל Leviticus 25:49; Imperfect יִגָּאֵל Leviticus 25:30+ 5 times; תִּגָּאֵ֑לוּ Isaiah 52:3; —
1. reflexive redeem oneself Leviticus 25:49 (H).
2. passive. be redeemed,
a. field Leviticus 25:30 (H), slave Leviticus 25:54 (H);
b. consecrated things Leviticus 27:20, 27, 28, 33 (P);
c. Jerusalem by Yahweh Isaiah 52:3.

† גְּאוּלַי Isaiah 63:4, in שְׁנַת ג׳, noun abstract redemption, according to Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Ges Hi De MV Che Di RVm; then either plural abstract suffix year of (my) redemption (so most); or abstract form. in י֯, after Syriac analogy, LagSymm. ii. 101 f. Semitic i. 19, 68. BN 192 (Greek Version of the LXX omit my); but < Passive participle plural suffix my ransomed (released) ones Ew Br Brd AV RV compare below גאל above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

48:16

Exodus

6:6; 15:13

Leviticus

25:25; 25:26; 25:26; 25:30; 25:30; 25:33; 25:33; 25:48; 25:49; 25:49; 25:49; 25:54; 27:13; 27:13; 27:15; 27:19; 27:20; 27:20; 27:27; 27:28; 27:31; 27:33

Numbers

5:8; 35:12; 35:19; 35:21; 35:24; 35:25; 35:27

Deuteronomy

19:6; 19:12

Joshua

20:3; 20:5; 20:9

Ruth

2:20; 3:9; 3:12; 3:13; 3:13; 4:1; 4:3; 4:4; 4:4; 4:6; 4:6; 4:6; 4:8; 4:14

2 Samuel

14:11

1 Kings

16:11

Job

3:5; 19:25

Psalms

69:19; 72:14; 74:2; 77:16; 78:35; 103:4; 103:4; 106:10; 107:2; 107:2; 119:154

Proverbs

23:11

Isaiah

35:9; 35:9; 41:14; 43:1; 43:14; 44:6; 44:22; 44:23; 44:23; 44:24; 47:4; 48:17; 48:17; 48:20; 49:7; 49:26; 51:10; 52:3; 52:3; 52:9; 54:5; 54:8; 54:8; 59:20; 59:20; 60:16; 62:12; 63:4; 63:4; 63:9; 63:16

Jeremiah

31:11; 50:34

Lamentations

3:58

Hosea

13:14

Micah

4:10

H1350

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Strong's Number H1350 matches the Hebrew גָּאַל (gā'al),
which occurs 105 times in 84 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 48:16–Psa 78:35)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 - the angel who hath 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 into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:13 -
Thou in thy lovingkindness hast led the people that thou hast redeemed:
Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 - If thy brother be waxed poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:26 - And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:30 - And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him that bought it, throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:33 - And if one of the Levites redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:48 - after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - or his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxed rich, he may redeem himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:54 - And if he be not redeemed by these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:13 - But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:15 - And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:19 - And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:20 - And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:27 - And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thine estimation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto Jehovah of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:31 - And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:33 - He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:8 - But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made unto Jehovah shall be the priest’s; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 - then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:12 - then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares, and hated him not beforetime.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:20 - And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of Jehovah, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is nigh of kin unto us, one of our near kinsmen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:12 - And now it is true that I am a near kinsman; howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as Jehovah liveth: lie down until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:1 - Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3 - And he said unto the near kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:4 - and I thought to disclose it unto thee, saying, Buy it before them that sit here, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem it besides thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:6 - And the near kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: take thou my right of redemption on thee; for I cannot redeem it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:8 - So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:14 - And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah, who hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11 - And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he smote all the house of Baasha: he left him not a single man-child, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 -
Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own;
Let a cloud dwell upon it;
Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:25 -
But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth,
And at last he will stand up upon the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:14 -
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in thy sight,
O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:18 -
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:
Ransom me because of mine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:14 -
He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence;
And precious will their blood be in his sight:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:2 -
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old,
Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance;
And mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:15 -
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people,
The sons of Jacob and Joseph.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 -
And they remembered that God was their rock,
And the Most High God their redeemer.

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