Strong's Hebrew · H1351
H1351 gâʼal
גָּאַל
gaw-al'
to defile
Looking for Greek G1351 dílogos? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H1351. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
gâʼal appears 11 times in Scripture, including Ezra 2:62 and Nehemiah 7:64. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
In the King James Version
defile, pollute, stain.
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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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
