Bible Dictionary: Ga'al

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Strong's Hebrew

1603. Gaal -- probably a Canaanite
... Usage Gaal (9). Gaal. From ga'al; loathing; Gaal, an Israelite -- Gaal. see
HEBREW ga'al. 1602, 1603. Gaal. 1604 . Strong's Numbers.
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1604. goal -- a loathing
... Word Origin from gaal Definition a loathing NASB Word Usage abhorred (1). loathing.
From ga'al; abhorrence -- loathing. see HEBREW ga'al. 1603, 1604. ...
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1351. gaal -- to defile
... A primitive root, (rather identified with ga'al, through the idea of freeing, ie
Repudiating); to soil or (figuratively) desecrate -- defile, pollute, stain. ...
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1352. goel -- defiling, defilement
... Word Origin from gaal Definition defiling, defilement NASB Word Usage defiled (1).
defile. From ga'al; profanation -- defile. see HEBREW ga'al. 1351, 1352. ...
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1353. geullah -- redemption, perhaps kin
... Feminine passive participle of ga'al; redemption (including the right and the object);
by implication, relationship -- kindred, redeem, redemption, right. ...
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3008. Yigal -- "He redeems," three Israelites
... NASB Word Usage Igal (3). Igal, Igeal. From ga'al; avenger; Jigal, the name of three
Israelites -- Igal, Igeal. see HEBREW ga'al. 3007, 3008. Yigal. 3009 . ...
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Thesaurus

Ga'al (8 Occurrences)
Ga'al. Gaal, Ga'al. Gaash . Multi-Version Concordance Ga'al (8 Occurrences).
Judges 9:26 And Ga'al the son of Ebed moved into Shechem ...
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Gaal (10 Occurrences)
...ga'-al (ga`al, "rejection," or "loathing"; according to Wellhausen, "beetle," HPN,
110): A man of whose antecedents nothing is known, except that his father's ...
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Abim'elech (58 Occurrences)
... Judges 9:31 And he sent messengers to Abim'elech at Aru'mah, saying, "Behold,
Ga'al the son of Ebed and his kinsmen have come to Shechem, and they are stirring ...
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Kinsmen (74 Occurrences)
... Judges 9:26 And Ga'al the son of Ebed moved into Shechem with his kinsmen;
and the men of Shechem put confidence in him. (DBY RSV). ...
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Ransom (46 Occurrences)
... 2:6, antilutron); the verbal form occurs 4 times (Isaiah 35:10 Hosea 13:14, padhah;
Isaiah 51:10 the King James Version; Jeremiah 31:11, ga'al; these two ...
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Gaash (4 Occurrences)

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Aru'mah (2 Occurrences)
... Judges 9:31 And he sent messengers to Abim'elech at Aru'mah, saying, "Behold,
Ga'al the son of Ebed and his kinsmen have come to Shechem, and they are stirring ...
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Avenger (18 Occurrences)
... inflicts punishment upon the evil-doer for a wrong experienced by himself (from
naqam, "to avenge"; Psalm 8:2 et al.) or by someone else from ga'al, "to redeem ...
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Avenge (27 Occurrences)
... inflicts punishment upon the evil-doer for a wrong experienced by himself (from
naqam, "to avenge"; Psalm 8:2 et al.) or by someone else from ga'al, "to redeem ...
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Abhor (23 Occurrences)
... in the Old Testament from the following Hebrew words amongst others: (ba'ash),
"to be or to become stinking" (1 Samuel 27:12 2 Samuel 16:21); (ga`al), "to cast ...
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Bible Concordance

Ga'al (8 Occurrences)

Judges 9:26 And Ga'al the son of Ebed moved into Shechem with his kinsmen; and the men of Shechem put confidence in him.
(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:30 When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Ga'al the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:31 And he sent messengers to Abim'elech at Aru'mah, saying, "Behold, Ga'al the son of Ebed and his kinsmen have come to Shechem, and they are stirring up the city against you.
(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:35 And Ga'al the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city; and Abim'elech and the men that were with him rose from the ambush.
(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:36 And when Ga'al saw the men, he said to Zebul, "Look, men are coming down from the mountain tops!" And Zebul said to him, "You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men."
(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:37 Ga'al spoke again and said, "Look, men are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming from the direction of the Diviners' Oak."
(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:39 And Ga'al went out at the head of the men of Shechem, and fought with Abim'elech.
(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:41 And Abim'elech dwelt at Aru'mah; and Zebul drove out Ga'al and his kinsmen, so that they could not live on at Shechem.
(DBY RSV)

Subtopics

Ga'al

Related Terms

Gaal (10 Occurrences)

Abim'elech (58 Occurrences)

Kinsmen (74 Occurrences)

Ransom (46 Occurrences)

Gaash (4 Occurrences)

Aru'mah (2 Occurrences)

Avenger (18 Occurrences)