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Strong's numbers

גָּאַל (H1350)

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.); [idiom] in any wise, [idiom] at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

גְּאוּלַי Is 63:4, n. abstr. redemption
גָּאַל vb. redeem, act as kinsman
Qal
1 act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin
2 redeem, by payment of value assessed
3 redeem, with God as subj. implying personal relationship
Niph
1 refl. redeem oneself
2 pass. be redeemed

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

84 occurrences

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  • Isaiah 52:9
    Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
  • Isaiah 54:5
    For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
  • Isaiah 54:8
    In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
  • Isaiah 59:20
    And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
  • Isaiah 60:16
    Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
  • Isaiah 62:12
    And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
  • Isaiah 63:4
    For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
  • Isaiah 63:9
    In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
  • Isaiah 63:16
    Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
  • Jeremiah 31:11
    For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.