Strong's Definition
a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
KJV Usage: X in any wise, X at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
גָּאַל (ga.al) — to redeem: redeem. : redeem 1) to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer 1a1a) by marrying brother's widow to beget a child for him, to redeem from slavery, to redeem land, to exact vengeance 1a2) to redeem (by payment) 1a3) to redeem (with God as subject) 1a3a) individuals from death 1a3b) Israel from Egyptian bondage 1a3c) Israel from exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to redeem oneself 1b2) to be redeemed
גְּאוּלַי (ge.u.lay) — redemption. redemption
גָּאַל (ga.al) — to redeem: avenge. : avenge 1) to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer 1a1a) by marrying brother's widow to beget a child for him, to redeem from slavery, to redeem land, to exact vengeance 1a2) to redeem (by payment) 1a3) to redeem (with God as subject) 1a3a) individuals from death 1a3b) Israel from Egyptian bondage 1a3c) Israel from exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to redeem oneself 1b2) to be redeemed
גָּאַל (ga.al) — to redeem: relative. : relative 1) to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer 1a1a) by marrying brother's widow to beget a child for him, to redeem from slavery, to redeem land, to exact vengeance 1a2) to redeem (by payment) 1a3) to redeem (with God as subject) 1a3a) individuals from death 1a3b) Israel from Egyptian bondage 1a3c) Israel from exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to redeem oneself 1b2) to be redeemed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · גאל
Safe
redemption, deliverance = causative action by which a deity delivers an individual or group of people from the power of someone else or from difficult circumstances, ► which usually implies that the one who performed the act of deliverance has the right to claim the ones he delivered for himself
verb · גְּאוּלִים · גְּאֻלָּה
Free | verb nif
to redeem oneself, to reclaim oneself = action by which humans who have been enslaved regain their freedom, which is normally achieved by paying a price
Free | verb qal, verb nif
to redeem, to reclaim = causative action by which humans cause a person, animal, or inanimate object that has become someone else's property to be restored to its original state, which is normally achieved by paying a price
LEV 25:25 · LEV 25:30 · LEV 25:33 · LEV 25:48 · LEV 25:49 · LEV 25:49 · LEV 25:54 · LEV 27:13 · LEV 27:13 · LEV 27:15 · LEV 27:19 · LEV 27:19 · LEV 27:20 · LEV 27:20 · LEV 27:27 · LEV 27:28 · LEV 27:31 · LEV 27:31 · LEV 27:33 · RUT 3:13 · RUT 3:13 · RUT 3:13 · RUT 3:13 · RUT 4:4 · RUT 4:4 · RUT 4:4 · RUT 4:4 · RUT 4:4 · RUT 4:6 · RUT 4:6 · RUT 4:6 · JOB 3:5 · ISA 52:3
People | verb qal
kinship-redeemer, to fulfil one's duty as kinsman, avenger = a person with the duty to help close relatives regain possession of objects that used to be theirs but that have become someone else's property, which may include their own personal freedom; this person also has the responsibility to avenge the death of a relative, which can also be seen as an act of redemption
LEV 25:25 · LEV 25:26 · NUM 5:8 · NUM 35:12 · NUM 35:19 · NUM 35:21 · NUM 35:24 · NUM 35:25 · NUM 35:27 · NUM 35:27 · DEU 19:6 · DEU 19:12 · JOS 20:3 · JOS 20:5 · JOS 20:9 · RUT 2:20 · RUT 3:9 · RUT 3:12 · RUT 3:12 · RUT 4:1 · RUT 4:3 · RUT 4:6 · RUT 4:8 · RUT 4:14 · 2SA 14:11 · 1KI 16:11
Safe | verb qal | ≈ ישׁע · נצל · פדה · קנה
to redeem, to deliver = causative action by which humans or deity deliver an individual or group of people from the power of someone else or from difficult circumstances, ► which usually implies that the one who performed the act of deliverance has the right to claim the ones he delivered for himself
GEN 48:16 · EXO 6:6 · EXO 15:13 · JOB 19:25 · PSA 19:15 · PSA 69:19 · PSA 72:14 · PSA 74:2 · PSA 77:16 · PSA 78:35 · PSA 103:4 · PSA 106:10 · PSA 107:2 · PSA 107:2 · PSA 119:154 · PRO 23:11 · ISA 35:9 · ISA 41:14 · ISA 43:1 · ISA 43:14 · ISA 44:6 · ISA 44:22 · ISA 44:23 · ISA 44:24 · ISA 47:4 · ISA 48:17 · ISA 48:20 · ISA 49:7 · ISA 49:26 · ISA 51:10 · ISA 52:9 · ISA 54:5 · ISA 54:8 · ISA 59:20 · ISA 60:16 · ISA 62:12 · ISA 63:9 · ISA 63:16 · JER 31:11 · JER 50:34 · LAM 3:58 · HOS 13:14 · MIC 4:10
verb · גֹּעַל
Unclean | verb nif, verb hit
to defile oneself = action by which humans cause themselves to be physically contaminated ◄ by getting in direct contact with unclean objects, such as unclean food and blood
Unclean | verb pi, verb pu'al, verb hif
to stain, to pollute = causative action by which humans cause an object to be physically contaminated ◄ by causing it to get in direct contact with dirt or other unclean objects
Evil | verb nif | ≈ מרא
to defile oneself = action by which humans cause themselves to be morally contaminated ◄ by their evil deeds
1 MAL 1:7 LXX "ἠλισγήσαμεν αὐτούς" RSV NRSV "polluted it" | MT HOTTP-B NIV NJB "defiled you" NJPS "defiled You" GNT "failed to respect you" CEV "embarrassed you" ESV "polluted you"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
גָּאַל vb. redeem, act as kinsman Qal act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin
redeem, by payment of value assessed
redeem, with God as subj. implying personal relationship
Niph refl. redeem oneself
pass. be redeemed
base
גְּאוּלַי Is 63:4, n. abstr. redemption ref