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Word Study · Strong's H1540 · Hebrew

גָּלָה

galah

gaw-law'

Strong's 1890 spelling: gâlâh

to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

Rendered in the KJV as

[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.

  • 186
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 27 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 150
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 186 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 150

  • תְגַלֵּ֑ה9
  • תְגַלֶּ֖ה5
  • גִּלָּ֖ה3
  • גָּלָ֥ה3
  • הֶגְלָ֔ה3
  • יִגְלֶ֖ה3
  • גִּלָּ֑ה2
  • גָּלָ֖ה2
  • גָּלָ֣ה2
  • גָּלֹ֥ה2
  • גָל֖וּ2
  • גָּל֖וּי2

and 138 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 115

  • you will uncover14
  • he took into exile6
  • and he took into exile5
  • and I will uncover5
  • he had taken into exile5
  • he has uncovered5
  • I will uncover4
  • it will go into exile4
  • to uncover4
  • and he uncovered3
  • and it went into exile3
  • and she uncovered3

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

How it parses · 91

  • verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular14
  • verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular11
  • verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular9
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular8
  • Hc/VNq3ms5
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular5
  • Hc/Vhw3ms4
  • Hc/Vqw3ms4
  • preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)4
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular4
  • Hc/Vpq1cs3
  • Hc/Vpw3fs3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVpi2ms · 14
  • HVhp3ms · 11
  • HVpp3ms · 9
  • HVqp3ms · 8
  • Hc/VNq3ms · 5
  • HVqi3ms · 5
  • Hc/Vhw3ms · 4
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 4
  • HR/Vpcc · 4
  • HVNp3ms · 4
  • Hc/Vpq1cs · 3
  • Hc/Vpw3fs · 3

All 186, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

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

Genesis2 occurrences
Exodus1 occurrence
Leviticus24 occurrences
Numbers3 occurrences
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
Judges1 occurrence
Ruth3 occurrences
1 Samuel15 occurrences
2 Samuel6 occurrences
2 Kings14 occurrences
1 Chronicles7 occurrences
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Ezra1 occurrence
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Esther5 occurrences
Job8 occurrences
Psalms3 occurrences
Proverbs7 occurrences
Isaiah17 occurrences
Jeremiah26 occurrences
Lamentations4 occurrences
Ezekiel14 occurrences
Daniel1 occurrence
Hosea3 occurrences
Amos12 occurrences
Micah2 occurrences
Nahum2 occurrences
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).