גָּאַל
gâʼal · gaw-al'
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Lexicon
Derivation: 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.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] in any wise, [idiom] at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּאַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
104 occurrences · 104 OT · 0 NT · 86 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- redeem6 · 13%
- and thy redeemer4 · 9%
- may redeem3 · 6%
- thy redeemer3 · 6%
- and the revenger3 · 6%
- thou hast redeemed2 · 4%
- hath redeemed2 · 4%
- it shall not be redeemed2 · 4%
- of the avenger2 · 4%
- their redeemer2 · 4%
- the revenger2 · 4%
- from the avenger2 · 4%
- i will redeem2 · 4%
- will in any wise1 · 2%
- it will redeem1 · 2%
- and i will redeem1 · 2%
- and if he be not redeemed1 · 2%
- he may redeem1 · 2%
- and if a man purchase1 · 2%
- and if it be not redeemed1 · 2%
- have none to redeem1 · 2%
- but if he will at all1 · 2%
- it, then shall he redeem1 · 2%
- to redeem1 · 2%
- which redeemed1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.