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גָּאַל

gaal

gaw-al'

Strong's 1890 spelling: gâʼal

to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

Rendered in the KJV as

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

  • 104
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 17 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 86
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 104 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 86

  • גֹּאֵ֣ל6
  • גֹּאֵ֤ל3
  • וְגֹאֲלֵ֖ךְ3
  • יִגְאַל֙3
  • יִגָּאֵ֖ל3
  • גְּאוּלֵ֣י2
  • גְּאוּלִֽים׃2
  • גֹאֵ֖ל2
  • גֹּאֵ֨ל2
  • גֹּאֵ֖ל2
  • אֶגְאָֽל׃1
  • אֶגְאָלֵ֑ם1

and 74 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 61

  • [the] avenger of11
  • he will redeem7
  • it will be redeemed5
  • redeemer your4
  • a kinsman-redeemer3
  • certainly [if] to redeem3
  • he has redeemed3
  • he will redeem him3
  • the kinsman-redeemer3
  • [the] redeemed of2
  • and [is] redeemer your2
  • and redeemer your2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 47

  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)12
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular8
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular7
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular6
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular5
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular4
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular4
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)3
  • verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute3
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular3
  • verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVqrmsc · 12
  • HVqi3ms · 8
  • HVqrmsa · 7
  • HVNi3ms · 6
  • HTd/Vqrmsa · 5
  • HC/Vqrmsc/Sp2fs · 4
  • HVqp2ms · 4
  • HR/Vqcc · 3
  • HVqaa · 3
  • HVqi3ms/Sp3ms · 3
  • HVqp3ms · 3
  • HVqrmsc/Sp3mp · 3

All 104, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis1 occurrence
Exodus2 occurrences
Leviticus22 occurrences
Numbers8 occurrences
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
Joshua3 occurrences
Ruth21 occurrences
2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Kings1 occurrence
Job2 occurrences
Psalms11 occurrences
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah24 occurrences
Jeremiah2 occurrences
Lamentations1 occurrence
Hosea1 occurrence
Micah1 occurrence

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled גָּאַל

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).