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Lexicon :: Strong's H1351 - gā'al

Aa
גָּאַל
Transliteration
gā'al
Pronunciation
gaw-al'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 301

Strong’s Definitions

גָּאַל gâʼal, gaw-al'; a primitive root, (rather identified with H1350, through the idea of freeing, i.e. repudiating); to soil or (figuratively) desecrate:—defile, pollute, stain.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H1351 in the following manner: pollute (7x), defile (3x), stain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H1351 in the following manner: pollute (7x), defile (3x), stain (1x).

  1. to defile, pollute, desecrate

    1. (Niphal) to be defiled, be polluted

    2. (Piel) to pollute, desecrate

    3. (Pual) to be desecrated (of removal from priesthood)

    4. (Hiphil) to pollute, stain

    5. (Hithpael) to defile oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּאַל gâʼal, gaw-al'; a primitive root, (rather identified with H1350, through the idea of freeing, i.e. repudiating); to soil or (figuratively) desecrate:—defile, pollute, stain.
STRONGS H1351: Abbreviations
II. [גָּאַל] verb defile, late (compare גָּעַל) —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine plural נְגֹאֲלוּ Isaiah 59:3; Lamentations 4:14, on form see Ges§ 51, 2, Köi. 265; Participle נִגְאָלָה Zephaniah 3:1; — be defiled, hands with blood בַּדָּם, Isaiah 59:3 compare Lamentations 4:14; participle as substantive defiled, polluted one Zephaniah 3:1 of Jerusalem (|| ֽֽֽמֹרְאָה; appositive הָעִיר הַיּוֺנָה).
Pi. Perfect1plural suffix גֵּאַלְנוּךָ Malachi 1:7 pollute, desecrate, object י׳ (desecrated in his altar).
Pu. Imperfect וַיְגֹאֲלוּ מִן־הַכְּהֻנָּה Ezra 2:62 = Nehemiah 7:64 construct pregnant and they were desecrated out of the priesthood, i.e. deposed, as desecrated one; Participle מְגֹאָל of bread laid on Yahweh's altar Malachi 1:7; of Yahweh's altar (table, שֻׁלְחָן) Malachi 1:12.
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular אֶגְאָ֑לְתִּי Isaiah 63:3 (on Aramaic form see Köi. 27 Ges§ 53 R. 6 but) read perhaps גֵּאָ֑לְתִּי Pi., see GFMThLZ 1887, 292 compare also Gesl.c. N. Ol§ 255 b Sta§ 159 b, 3; — I have polluted, i.e. stained all my raiment.
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְגָּאַל Daniel 1:8; יִתְגָּאָ֑ל Daniel 1:8; — defile himself.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

2:62

Nehemiah

7:64

Isaiah

59:3; 59:3; 63:3

Lamentations

4:14; 4:14

Daniel

1:8; 1:8

Zephaniah

3:1; 3:1

Malachi

1:7; 1:7; 1:12

H1351

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Strong's Number H1351 matches the Hebrew גָּאַל (gā'al),
which occurs 11 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62 - These H428 searched H1245 among their genealogical H3187 registration H3791 H3187 but they could not be located H4672; so they were considered defiled H1351 and excluded from the priesthood H3550.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64 - These H428 searched H1245 among their ancestral H3187 registration H3791 H3187, but it could not be located H4672; therefore they were considered unclean H1351 and disqualified from the priesthood H3550.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 -

For your hands H3709 are defiled H1351 with blood H1818,

And your fingers H676 with wrongdoing H5771;

Your lips H8193 have spoken H1696 deceit H8267,

Your tongue H3956 mutters H1897 wickedness H5766.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:3 -

“I have trodden H1869 the wine H6333 trough H6333 alone H905,

And from the peoples H5971 there H369 was H369 no H369 one H376 with Me.

I also trod H1869 them in My anger H639

And trampled H7429 them in My wrath H2534;

And their [fn]lifeblood H5332 is sprinkled H5137 on My garments H899,

And I [fn]stained H1351 all H3605 My clothes H4403.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:14 -

They wandered H5128, blind H5787, in the streets H2351;

They were defiled H1351 with blood H1818,

Such that no H3808 one could H3201 touch H5060 their garments H3830.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8 -

But Daniel H1840 [fn]made H7760 up H7760 his mind H3820 that he would not defile H1351 himself with the king’s H4428 choice H6598 food H6598 or with the wine H3196 which he drank H4960; so he sought H1245 permission from the commander H8269 of the officials H5631 that he might not defile H1351 himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1 -

Woe H1945 to her who is rebellious H4784 and defiled H1351,

The oppressive H3238 city H5892!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:7 - “You are presenting H5066 defiled H1351 [fn]food H3899 upon My altar H4196. But you say H559, ‘How H4100 have we defiled H1351 You?’ In that you say H559, ‘The table H7979 of the LORD H3068 is to be H959 despised H959.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:12 - “But you are profaning H2490 it by your saying H559, ‘The table H7979 of the Lord H136 is defiled H1351, and as for its fruit H5108, its food H400 is to be H959 despised H959.’
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