Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
גַּעַל
- Transliteration
- Gaʻal
- Pronunciation
- gah'-al
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 9
Glosses
Gaal.
Lexicon definition
Gaal, an Israelite
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Gaal
Contempt; abomination Gaal is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “contempt; abomination.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H1603
- Hebrew
- גַּעַל · Gaʻal
- Name meaning
- contempt; abomination According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Strong’s and original-language information
H1603
Greek lexical coverage
No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry
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Complete dictionary entries
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Gaal
contempt; abomination
Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources
Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Gaal
Indexed occurrences: 11
Source: Strong's Concordance · View data sources
All Scripture references13 references
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
GAAL
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for GAAL.
Indexed references: 1
Scripture references:
Source: Nave's Topical Bible · View data sources
Bible Names
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Gaal
Meaning:
contempt; abomination
Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources
Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Topic
GAAL
Nave’s Topical Bible references for GAAL.
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Avenger of blood
(Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered person. It was his right and duty to slay the murderer (2 Sam. 14:7, 11) if he found him outside of a city of refuge. In order that this law might be guarded against abuse, Moses appointed six cities of refuge (Ex. 21:13; Num. 35:13; Deut. 19:1, 9). These were in different parts of the country, and every facility was afforded the manslayer that he might flee to the city that lay nearest him for safety. Into the city of refuge the avenger durst not follow him. This arrangement applied only to cases where the death was not premeditated. The case had to be investigated by the authorities of the city, and the wilful murderer was on no account to be spared. He was regarded as an impure and polluted person, and was delivered up to the goel (Deut. 19:11-13). If the offence was merely manslaughter, then the fugitive must remain within the city till the death of the high priest (Num. 35:25).
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Gaal
contempt; abomination
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Goel
In Hebrew the participle of the verb gaal, "to redeem." It is rendered in the Authorized Version "kinsman," Num. 5:8; Ruth 3:12; 4:1, 6, 8; "redeemer," Job 19:25; "avenger," Num. 35:12; Deut. 19:6, etc. The Jewish law gave the right of redeeming and repurchasing, as well as of avenging blood, to the next relative, who was accordingly called by this name. (See [245]REDEEMER.)
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