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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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  • Jeremiah 50:34
    Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
  • Lamentations 3:58
    O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
  • Hosea 13:14
    I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
  • Micah 4:10
    Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.