Strong's Hebrew · H1351
גָּאַל
gâʼal · gaw-al'
defile, pollute, stain.
Definition
to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
Derivation
a primitive root, (rather identified with H1350 (גָּאַל), through the idea of freeing, i.e. repudiating);
Appears 11 times in Scripture
“These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.”
“These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.”
“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.”
“For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.”
““But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’”
“They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.”
““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.”
“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.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).