גָּאַל

ga.alto redeem: redeemHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb104 occurrences17 books84 verses

Definition

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.)
Traditional renderings: × in any wise, × at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גָּאַל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

104 total
  1. Ruth 4:4יִגְאַ֜ל · redeem [it]; לִגְא֔וֹל · to redeem [it]; אֶגְאָֽל׃ · will redeem [it]
    I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
  2. Ruth 4:6הַגֹּאֵ֗ל · The kinsman-redeemer; לִגְאוֹל · redeem it; גְּאַל־; לִגְאֹֽל׃ · redeem it
    The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
  3. Ruth 4:8הַגֹּאֵ֛ל · So the kinsman-redeemer
    So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”
  4. Ruth 4:14גֹּאֵ֖ל · without a kinsman-redeemer
    Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
  5. 2 Samuel 14:11גֹּאֵ֤ל · to prevent the avenger
    “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
  6. 1 Kings 16:11וְגֹאֲלָ֖יו · whether a kinsman
    As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
  7. Job 3:5יִגְאָלֻ֡הוּ · reclaim it
    May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
  8. Job 19:25גֹּ֣אֲלִי · that my Redeemer
    But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
  9. Psalm 19:14וְגֹאֲלִֽי׃ · and my Redeemer
    May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
  10. Psalm 69:18גְאָלָ֑הּ · and redeem me
    Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
  11. Psalm 72:14יִגְאַ֣ל · He will redeem
    He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
  12. Psalm 74:2גָּ֭אַלְתָּ · and redeemed
    Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.
  13. Psalm 77:15גָּאַ֣לְתָּ · You redeemed
    With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
  14. Psalm 78:35גֹּאֲלָֽם׃ · was their Redeemer
    And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
  15. Psalm 103:4הַגּוֹאֵ֣ל · who redeems
    …who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
  16. Psalm 106:10וַ֝יִּגְאָלֵ֗ם · He redeemed them
    He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
  17. Psalm 107:2גְּאוּלֵ֣י · Let the redeemed; גְּ֝אָלָ֗ם · He has redeemed
    Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
  18. Psalm 119:154וּגְאָלֵ֑נִי · and redeem me
    Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
  19. Proverbs 23:11גֹאֲלָ֥ם · their Redeemer
    …for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
  20. Isaiah 35:9גְּאוּלִֽים׃ · but the redeemed
    No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
  21. Isaiah 41:14וְגֹאֲלֵ֖ךְ · Your Redeemer
    Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
  22. Isaiah 43:1גְאַלְתִּ֔יךָ · I have redeemed you
    But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
  23. Isaiah 43:14גֹּאַלְכֶ֖ם · your Redeemer
    Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
  24. Isaiah 44:6וְגֹאֲל֖וֹ · and Redeemer
    Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
  25. Isaiah 44:22גְאַלְתִּֽיךָ׃ · I have redeemed you
    I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
  26. Isaiah 44:23גָאַ֤ל · has redeemed
    Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
  27. Isaiah 44:24גֹּאֲלֶ֔ךָ · your Redeemer
    Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
  28. Isaiah 47:4גֹּאֲלֵ֕נוּ · Our Redeemer
    Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name—is the Holy One of Israel.
  29. Isaiah 48:17גֹּאַלְךָ֖ · your Redeemer
    Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
  30. Isaiah 48:20גָּאַ֥ל · has redeemed
    Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
  31. Isaiah 49:7גֹּאֵ֨ל · the Redeemer
    Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
  32. Isaiah 49:26וְגֹאֲלֵ֖ךְ · and your Redeemer
    I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
  33. Isaiah 51:10גְּאוּלִֽים׃ · for the redeemed
    Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
  34. Isaiah 52:3תִּגָּאֵֽלוּ׃ · you will be redeemed
    For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
  35. Isaiah 52:9גָּאַ֖ל · He has redeemed
    Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
  36. Isaiah 54:5וְגֹֽאֲלֵךְ֙ · is your Redeemer
    For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
  37. Isaiah 54:8גֹּאֲלֵ֖ךְ · your Redeemer
    In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
  38. Isaiah 59:20גּוֹאֵ֔ל · The Redeemer
    “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.
  39. Isaiah 60:16וְגֹאֲלֵ֖ךְ · and your Redeemer
    You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
  40. Isaiah 62:12גְּאוּלֵ֣י · the Redeemed
    And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
  41. Isaiah 63:4גְּאוּלַ֖י · of My redemption
    For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
  42. Isaiah 63:9גְאָלָ֑ם · redeemed them
    In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
  43. Isaiah 63:16גֹּאֲלֵ֥נוּ · our Redeemer
    Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
  44. Jeremiah 31:11וּגְאָל֕וֹ · and redeemed him
    For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.