גָּאַלgâʼal
redeem, act as kinsman
Pronunciation: gaw-al' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1350
Meanings
Qal
1. act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin (Leviticus 25:25; Numbers 5:8; Numbers 35:12)
a. if he will do thee the kinsman's part, well, let him do the kinsman's part; but if he is not pleased to do thee the kinsman's part then I will do thee the kinsman's part (Ruth 3:13)
e. the avenger of blood (Numbers 35:19; Numbers 35:21; Numbers 35:24)
2. redeem, by payment of value assessed, of consecrated things, by the original owner (Leviticus 27:13; Leviticus 27:15; Leviticus 27:19)
3. redeem, with God as subject implying personal relationship, chiefly in poetry
1. redeem oneself, reflexive (Leviticus 25:49)
2. be redeemed, passive
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 104 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 48:16 the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may he bless these boys. May they preserve my name and the names of Abraham and Isaac. And may their descendants multiply greatly throughout the earth.”
- Exodus 6:6 “Therefore, say to the people of Israel: ‘I am the Lord. I will free you from your oppression and will rescue you from your slavery in Egypt. I will redeem you with a powerful arm and great acts of judgment.
- Exodus 15:13 “With your unfailing love you lead the people you have redeemed. In your might, you guide them to your sacred home.
- Leviticus 25:25 If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell some family land, then a close relative should buy it back for him.
- Leviticus 25:26 If there is no close relative to buy the land, but the person who sold it gets enough money to buy it back,
- Leviticus 25:30 But if it is not bought back within a year, the sale of the house within the walled town cannot be reversed. It will become the permanent property of the buyer. It will not be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.
See every passage
- Genesis 48:16
- Exodus 6:6, 15:13
- Leviticus 25:25, 25:26, 25:30, 25:33, 25:48, 25:49, 25:54, 27:13, 27:15, 27:19, 27:20, 27:27, 27:28, 27:31, 27:33
- Numbers 5:8, 35:12, 35:19, 35:21, 35:24, 35:25, 35:27
- Deuteronomy 19:6, 19:12
- Joshua 20:3, 20:5, 20:9
- Ruth 2:20, 3:9, 3:12, 3:13, 4:1, 4:3, 4:4, 4:6, 4:8, 4:14
- 2 Samuel 14:11
- 1 Kings 16:11
- Job 3:5, 19:25
- Psalms 19:14, 69:18, 72:14, 74:2, 77:15, 78:35, 103:4, 106:10, 107:2, 119:154
- Proverbs 23:11
- Isaiah 35:9, 41:14, 43:1, 43:14, 44:6, 44:22, 44:23, 44:24, 47:4, 48:17, 48:20, 49:7, 49:26, 51:10, 52:3, 52:9, 54:5, 54:8, 59:20, 60:16, 62:12, 63:4, 63:9, 63:16
- Jeremiah 31:11, 50:34
- Lamentations 3:58
- Hosea 13:14
- Micah 4:10
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).