Word study · Hebrew
גָּאַל
ga.alH1350to redeem: redeem
Used 104 times in the tagged text.
H1350A · גָּאַל · to redeem: redeem
What it means
- to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- : redeem
- 1) to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer
- 1a1a) by marrying brother's widow to beget a child for him, to redeem from slavery, to redeem land, to exact vengeance
- 1a2) to redeem (by payment)
- 1a3) to redeem (with God as subject)
- 1a3a) individuals from death
- 1a3b) Israel from Egyptian bondage
- 1a3c) Israel from exile
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to redeem oneself
- 1b2) to be redeemed
H1350B · גְּאוּלַי · redemption
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- redemption
H1350H · גָּאַל · to redeem: avenge
What it means
- to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- : avenge
- 1) to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer
- 1a1a) by marrying brother's widow to beget a child for him, to redeem from slavery, to redeem land, to exact vengeance
- 1a2) to redeem (by payment)
- 1a3) to redeem (with God as subject)
- 1a3a) individuals from death
- 1a3b) Israel from Egyptian bondage
- 1a3c) Israel from exile
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to redeem oneself
- 1b2) to be redeemed
H1350I · גָּאַל · to redeem: relative
What it means
- to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- : relative
- 1) to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer
- 1a1a) by marrying brother's widow to beget a child for him, to redeem from slavery, to redeem land, to exact vengeance
- 1a2) to redeem (by payment)
- 1a3) to redeem (with God as subject)
- 1a3a) individuals from death
- 1a3b) Israel from Egyptian bondage
- 1a3c) Israel from exile
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to redeem oneself
- 1b2) to be redeemed
Same idea, other words · Salvation and redemption
Salvation is rescue, and redemption is rescue by paying a price. The exodus supplies the pattern: God saves his people and redeems them from slavery.
- יָשַׁעyasah to saveto save, to deliverH3467
- יְשׁוּעָהyeshuah salvationsalvation, deliverance (the root of the name Yeshua)H3444
- גָּאַלgaal to redeem: redeemto redeem as a kinsman doesH1350
- פָּדָהpadah to ransomto ransom, to buy backH6299
- σῴζωsōzō to saveto save, to heal, to rescueG4982
- σωτηρίαsōtēria salvationsalvationG4991
- λυτρόωlutroō to ransomto ransom, to set free by a priceG3084
- ἀπολύτρωσιςapolutrōsis redemptionredemption, release by paymentG0629
Where it appears
- Genesis1
- Exodus2
- Leviticus22
- Numbers8
- Deuteronomy2
- Joshua3
- Ruth21
- 2 Samuel1
- 1 Kings1
- Job2
- Psalms11
- Proverbs1
- Isaiah24
- Jeremiah2
- Lamentations1
- Hosea1
- Micah1
Every use · 51–100 of 104 · BSB
I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”
Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.
Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.
With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
Our Redeemer—the LORD of Hosts is His name— is the Holy One of Israel.
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.
You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.
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