What is the Strong's number for Gaal?

The Strong's number for Gaal (גָּאַל) is H1350. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Gaal (Strong’s H1350): Meaning in the Bible

Q: What does Gaal mean?

Gaal (גָּאַל, Strong's H1350) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as 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.). The King James Bible translates it as × in any wise, × at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.

Gaal (גָּאַל) is the Hebrew word numbered H1350 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as 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.). In the King James Bible it is translated avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man).

גָּאַל

gâʼal · Hebrew

Strong’s H1350 · gaw-al'

Original wordגָּאַל
Transliterationgâʼal
Pronunciationgaw-al'
Part of speechverb (v)
Strong’s numberH1350
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

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.)

Derivation. a primitive root,

How the King James Bible translates it

× in any wise, × at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger. (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

Where Gaal appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Gaal (H1350) stands behind 104 English renderings in 84 verses across 17 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Isaiah (24), Leviticus (22), Ruth (21).

How the King James Bible renders Gaal, by count

redeem25 of 104 (24 percent)
redeemed24 of 104 (23 percent)
redeemer18 of 104 (17 percent)
kinsman12 of 104 (12 percent)
avenger6 of 104 (6 percent)
revenger6 of 104 (6 percent)

Three places to read Gaal

Genesis 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Joshua 20:5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
Isaiah 41:14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

And Christ

The go'el is the kinsman-redeemer who buys back what was lost and stands up for his own. Christians see the pattern completed in Jesus, who redeems his people at the price of himself.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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