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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
Dictionary Aids

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 has protected me from all harm - bless these boys. May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude on the earth."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - Therefore, tell the Israelites, 'I am the LORD. I will bring you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:13 - By your loyal love you will lead the people whom you have redeemed; you will guide them by your strength to your holy dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 - "'If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:26 - If a man has no redeemer, but he prospers and gains enough for its redemption,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:30 - If it is not redeemed before the full calendar year is ended, the house in the walled city will belong without reclaim to the one who bought it throughout his generations; it will not revert in the jubilee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:33 - Whatever someone among the Levites might redeem - the sale of a house which is his property in a city - must revert in the jubilee, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their property in the midst of the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:48 - after he has sold himself he retains a right of redemption. One of his brothers may redeem him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or anyone of the rest of his blood relatives - his family - may redeem him, or if he prospers he may redeem himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:54 - If, however, he is not redeemed in these ways, he must go free in the jubilee year, he and his children with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:13 - If, however, the person who made the vow redeems the animal, he must add one fifth to its conversion value.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:15 - If the one who consecrates it redeems his house, he must add to it one fifth of its conversion value in silver, and it will belong to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:19 - If, however, the one who consecrated the field redeems it, he must add to it one fifth of the conversion price and it will belong to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:20 - If he does not redeem the field, but sells the field to someone else, he may never redeem it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:27 - If, however, it is among the unclean animals, he may ransom it according to its conversion value and must add one fifth to it, but if it is not redeemed it must be sold according to its conversion value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - "'Surely anything which a man permanently dedicates to the LORD from all that belongs to him, whether from people, animals, or his landed property, must be neither sold nor redeemed; anything permanently dedicated is most holy to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:31 - If a man redeems part of his tithe, however, he must add one fifth to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:33 - The owner must not examine the animals to distinguish between good and bad, and he must not exchange it. If, however, he does exchange it, both the original animal and its substitute will be holy. It must not be redeemed.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:8 - But if the individual has no close relative to whom reparation can be made for the wrong, the reparation for the wrong must be paid to the LORD for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement by which atonement is made for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:12 - And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:19 - The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or with enmity he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The avenger of blood must kill the murderer when he meets him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 - then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - The community must deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community must restore him to the town of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the consecrated oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him, and kill him, though this is not a capital case since he did not hate him at the time of the accident.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:12 - The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the cities of refuge appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:20 - Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be rewarded by the LORD because he has shown loyalty to the living on behalf of the dead!" Then Naomi said to her, "This man is a close relative of ours; he is our guardian."

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - He said, "Who are you?" She replied, "I am Ruth, your servant. Marry your servant, for you are a guardian of the family interests."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:12 - Now yes, it is true that I am a guardian, but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:13 - Remain here tonight. Then in the morning, if he agrees to marry you, fine, let him do so. But if he does not want to do so, I promise, as surely as the LORD lives, to marry you. Sleep here until morning."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:1 - Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, "Come here and sit down, 'John Doe'!" So he came and sat down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3 - Then Boaz said to the guardian, "Naomi, who has returned from the region of Moab, is selling the portion of land that belongs to our relative Elimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:4 - So I am legally informing you: Acquire it before those sitting here and before the leaders of my people! If you want to exercise your right to redeem it, then do so. But if not, then tell me so I will know. For you possess the first option to redeem it; I am next in line after you." He replied, "I will redeem it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:6 - The guardian said, "Then I am unable to redeem it, for I would ruin my own inheritance in that case. You may exercise my redemption option, for I am unable to redeem it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:8 - So the guardian said to Boaz, "You may acquire it," and he removed his sandal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:14 - The village women said to Naomi, "May the LORD be praised because he has not left you without a guardian today! May he become famous in Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - She replied, "In that case, let the king invoke the name of the LORD your God so that the avenger of blood may not kill! Then they will not destroy my son!" He replied, "As surely as the LORD lives, not a single hair of your son's head will fall to the ground."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11 - When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha's entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 - Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:25 - As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:14 - May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my sheltering rock and my redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:18 - Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:14 - From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:2 - Remember your people whom you acquired in ancient times, whom you rescued so they could be your very own nation, as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:15 - You delivered your people by your strength - the children of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 - They remembered that God was their protector, and that the sovereign God was their deliverer.

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