גָּעַל
gâʻal · gaw-al'
to detest; by implication, to reject
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to detest; by implication, to reject
- to detest
- by implication, to reject
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abhor, fail, lothe, vilely cast away.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 › to see and know › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּעַל 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall not abhor1 · 10%
- abhor1 · 10%
- shall abhor1 · 10%
- abhorred1 · 10%
- neither will i abhor1 · 10%
- is vilely cast away1 · 10%
- and faileth1 · 10%
- lothed1 · 10%
- that lotheth1 · 10%
- which lothed1 · 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.