גָּלָה
gâlâh · gaw-law'
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
- to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense)
- by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped)
- figuratively, to reveal
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- 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 › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּלָה 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
186 occurrences · 186 OT · 0 NT · 150 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thou shalt not uncover11 · 17%
- carried away captive5 · 8%
- open4 · 6%
- carried away4 · 6%
- shall surely3 · 5%
- had carried away3 · 5%
- he hath uncovered3 · 5%
- was published2 · 3%
- were discovered2 · 3%
- revealed2 · 3%
- to uncover2 · 3%
- go into captivity2 · 3%
- shalt thou not uncover2 · 3%
- revealeth2 · 3%
- had carried away captive2 · 3%
- discovered2 · 3%
- uncover2 · 3%
- was discovered2 · 3%
- and he carried away2 · 3%
- and i will discover2 · 3%
- is departed2 · 3%
- to him, to uncover1 · 2%
- be not discovered1 · 2%
- appeared1 · 2%
- and he was uncovered1 · 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.