Strong's Hebrew · H1540
גָּלָה
gâlâh · gaw-law'
[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.
Definition
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 186 times in Scripture
“You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.”
“But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.”
“None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.”
“And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’”
“There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.”
“You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.”
“You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.”
“You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.”
“You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.”
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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).