גְּאֻלָּהgᵉʼullâh
kin (?), redemption
Pronunciation: gheh-ool-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1353
Meanings
1. kin (Ezekiel 11:15)
2. redemption (Leviticus 25:24; Ruth 4:7)
3. right of redemption Lev 25:29; Lev 25:31; Lev 25:32; Lev 25:48 (H) Ruth 4:6; Jer 32:8 = משׁפט הגאלה Jer 32:7. (Leviticus 25:29; Leviticus 25:31; Leviticus 25:32)
4. price of redemption (Leviticus 25:26; Leviticus 25:51; Leviticus 25:52)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 25:24 “With every purchase of land you must grant the seller the right to buy it back.
- 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 25:29 “Anyone who sells a house inside a walled town has the right to buy it back for a full year after its sale. During that year, the seller retains the right to buy it back.
- Leviticus 25:31 But a house in a village—a settlement without fortified walls—will be treated like property in the countryside. Such a house may be bought back at any time, and it must be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.
- Leviticus 25:32 “The Levites always have the right to buy back a house they have sold within the towns allotted to them.
- Leviticus 25:48 they still retain the right to be bought back, even after they have been purchased. They may be bought back by a brother,
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).