Gaal גָּאַל
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| גָּאַל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | gaal |
| Strong's number | H1351 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to defile |
| Occurrences | 11 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Gaal (Hebrew גָּאַל, Strong's H1351) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to defile”. It occurs 11 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to defile, pollute, desecrate
1a) (Niphal) to be defiled, be polluted
1b) (Piel) to pollute, desecrate
1c)(Pual) to be desecrated (of removal from priesthood)
1d) (Hiphil) to pollute, stain
1e) (Hithpael) to defile oneself
1a) (Niphal) to be defiled, be polluted
1b) (Piel) to pollute, desecrate
1c)(Pual) to be desecrated (of removal from priesthood)
1d) (Hiphil) to pollute, stain
1e) (Hithpael) to defile oneself
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | polluted (7), defile (2), defiled (1), stain (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | defiled (4), were excluded (2), defile himself (2), are stained (1), were stained (1), have we defiled you (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Gaal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezra
- Ezra 2:62These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 7:64These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
- Isaiah 63:3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 4:14They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
Daniel
- Daniel 1:8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 3:1Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
Malachi
- Malachi 1:7Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
- Malachi 1:12But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).