גָּאַל
gâʼal · gaw-al'
to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root, (rather identified with H1350 (גָּאַל), through the idea of freeing, i.e. repudiating);
to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: defile, pollute, stain.
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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- therefore were they, as polluted2 · 18%
- are defiled1 · 9%
- and i will stain1 · 9%
- they have polluted1 · 9%
- that he would not defile1 · 9%
- that he might not defile1 · 9%
- and polluted1 · 9%
- polluted1 · 9%
- wherein have we polluted1 · 9%
- is polluted1 · 9%
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.