Gâʼal — H1350

Definition

verb

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

1. to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman
1. (Qal)
1. to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer
1. by marrying brother's widow to beget a child for him, to redeem from slavery, to redeem land, to exact vengeance
2. to redeem (by payment)
3. to redeem (with God as subject)
1. individuals from death
2. Israel from Egyptian bondage
3. Israel from exile
2. (Niphal)
1. to redeem oneself
2. to be redeemed

Usually translated as

redeem, redeemer, kinsman, avenger, revenger, deliver, kinsfolk, purchase, in any wise, at all, ransom

Origin

a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e.

Greek equivalents

• apōthéomai (G683)
• aphístēmi (G868)
• bdelýssō (G948)
• eklýō (G1590)
• eleéō (G1653)
• exairéō (G1807)
• lytróō (G3084)
• lytrōtḗs (G3086)
• prosochthízō (G4360)
• rhýomai (G4506)

Occurrences

Gâʼal occurs 104 times in 84 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (2), Leviticus (15), Numbers (7), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (3), Ruth (10), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), Job (2), Psalms (10), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (24), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Hosea (1), Micah (1)

• Genesis 48:16 — The Angel which redeemed (הַגֹּאֵ֨ל) me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
• Exodus 6:6 — Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem (וְגָאַלְתִּ֤י) you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
• Exodus 15:13 — Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed (גָּאָ֑לְתָּ): thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
• Leviticus 25:25 — If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem (גֹֽאֲלוֹ֙) it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
• Leviticus 25:25 — If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem (וְגָאַ֕ל) that which his brother sold.
• Leviticus 25:26 — And if the man have none to redeem (גֹּאֵ֑ל) it, and himself be able to redeem it;
• Leviticus 25:30 — And if it be not redeemed (יִגָּאֵ֗ל) within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
• Leviticus 25:33 — And if a man purchase (יִגְאַל֙) of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
• Leviticus 25:48 — After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem (יִגְאָלֶֽנּוּ) him:
• Leviticus 25:49 — Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem (יִגְאָלֶ֔נּוּ) him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
• Leviticus 25:49 — Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem (יִגְאָלֶ֑נּוּ) him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
• Leviticus 25:49 — Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself (וְנִגְאָֽל).
• Leviticus 25:54 — And if he be not redeemed (יִגָּאֵ֖ל) in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
• Leviticus 27:13 — But if he will at all redeem (יִגְאָלֶ֑נָּה) it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
• Leviticus 27:13 — But if he will at all redeem (גָּאֹ֖ל) it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
• Leviticus 27:15 — And if he that sanctified it will redeem (יִגְאַ֖ל) his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
• Leviticus 27:19 — And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem (יִגְאַל֙) it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
• Leviticus 27:19 — And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem (גָּאֹ֤ל) it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
• Leviticus 27:20 — And if he will not redeem (יִגְאַל֙) the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
• Leviticus 27:20 — And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed (יִגָּאֵ֖ל) any more.
• Leviticus 27:27 — And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed (יִגָּאֵ֖ל), then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
• Leviticus 27:28 — Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed (יִגָּאֵ֑ל): every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
• Leviticus 27:31 — And if a man will at all redeem (יִגְאַ֛ל) ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
• Leviticus 27:31 — And if a man will at all redeem (גָּאֹ֥ל) ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
• Leviticus 27:33 — He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed (יִגָּאֵֽל).
• Numbers 5:8 — But if the man have no kinsman (גֹּאֵ֗ל) to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
• Numbers 35:12 — And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger (מִגֹּאֵ֑ל); that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
• Numbers 35:19 — The revenger (גֹּאֵ֣ל) of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
• Numbers 35:21 — Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger (גֹּאֵ֣ל) of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
• Numbers 35:24 — Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger (גֹּאֵ֣ל) of blood according to these judgments:
• Numbers 35:25 — And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger (גֹּאֵ֣ל) of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
• Numbers 35:27 — And the revenger (גֹּאֵ֣ל) of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
• Numbers 35:27 — And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger (גֹּאֵ֤ל) of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
• Deuteronomy 19:6 — Lest the avenger (גֹּאֵ֨ל) of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
• Deuteronomy 19:12 — Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger (גֹּאֵ֥ל) of blood, that he may die.
• Joshua 20:3 — That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger (מִגֹּאֵ֖ל) of blood.
• Joshua 20:5 — And if the avenger (גֹּאֵ֤ל) of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
• Joshua 20:9 — These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger (גֹּאֵ֣ל) of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
• Ruth 2:20 — And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen (מִֽגֹּאֲלֵ֖נוּ).
• Ruth 3:9 — And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman (גֹאֵ֖ל).
• Ruth 3:12 — And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman (גֹאֵ֖ל): howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
• Ruth 3:12 — And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman (גֹּאֵ֖ל) nearer than I.
• Ruth 3:13 — Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman (יִגְאָלֵ֥ךְ), well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
• Ruth 3:13 — Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part (יִגְאָ֔ל): but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
• Ruth 3:13 — Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman (לְגָֽאֳלֵ֛ךְ) to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
• Ruth 3:13 — Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman (וּגְאַלְתִּ֥יךְ) to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
• Ruth 4:1 — Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman (הַגֹּאֵ֤ל) of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
• Ruth 4:3 — And he said unto the kinsman (לַגֹּאֵ֔ל), Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
• Ruth 4:4 — And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem (תִּגְאַל֙) it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
• Ruth 4:4 — And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem (גְּאָ֔ל) it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.