Strong's Hebrew · H1541

גְּלָה

gᵉlâh · ghel-aw'

bring over, carry away, reveal.

Definition

{to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal}

Derivation

(Aramaic) or גְּלָא; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1540 (גָּלָה)

Appears 9 times in Scripture

Daniel 2:28

But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:

Ezra 5:12

But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.

Daniel 2:19

During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven

Daniel 2:47

The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”

Daniel 2:30

And to me this mystery has been revealed, not because I have more wisdom than any man alive, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.

Daniel 2:22

He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.

Daniel 2:29

As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.

Ezra 4:10

and the rest of the peoples whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and elsewhere west of the Euphrates.

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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).

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