גְּלָה
gᵉlâh · ghel-aw'
{to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or גְּלָא; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1540 (גָּלָה)
{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: bring over, carry away, reveal.
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 גְּלָה 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- revealed2 · 20%
- brought over1 · 10%
- and carried1 · 10%
- away1 · 10%
- he revealeth1 · 10%
- that revealeth1 · 10%
- and he that revealeth1 · 10%
- and a revealer1 · 10%
- reveal1 · 10%
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.