גְּאֻלָּה
gᵉʼullâh · gheh-ool-law'
redemption (including the right and the object); by implication, relationship
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine passive participle of H1350 (גָּאַל);
redemption (including the right and the object); by implication, relationship
- redemption (including the right and the object)
- by implication, relationship
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: kindred, redeem, redemption, right.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּאֻלָּה 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the price of his redemption2 · 14%
- a redemption1 · 7%
- to redeem1 · 7%
- then he may redeem1 · 7%
- may he redeem1 · 7%
- they may be redeemed1 · 7%
- redeem1 · 7%
- he may be redeemed again1 · 7%
- thou my right1 · 7%
- concerning redeeming1 · 7%
- of redemption1 · 7%
- is thine, and the redemption1 · 7%
- of thy kindred1 · 7%
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.