# גָּאַל (gaal)

Israeli respelling: ga-al. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1350. 84 Old Testament occurrences.

to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

King James renderings: [idiom] in any wise, [idiom] at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/gaal-h1350

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 48:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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;…
- [Exodus 6:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/6/6) — Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid…
- [Exodus 15:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/15/13) — Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
- [Leviticus 25:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/25) — If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that…
- [Leviticus 25:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/26) — And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
- [Leviticus 25:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/30) — And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him t…
- [Leviticus 25:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/33) — And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for…
- [Leviticus 25:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/48) — After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
- [Leviticus 25:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/49) — Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, h…
- [Leviticus 25:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/54) — And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
- [Leviticus 27:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/27/13) — But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
- [Leviticus 27:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/27/15) — And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall b…
- [Leviticus 27:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/27/19) — And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, an…
- [Leviticus 27:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/27/20) — And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
- [Leviticus 27:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/27/27) — And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it…
- [Leviticus 27:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/27/28) — Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his…
- [Leviticus 27:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/27/31) — And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
- [Leviticus 27:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/27/33) — He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof…
- [Numbers 5:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/8) — But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside t…
- [Numbers 35:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/12) — And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgme…
- [Numbers 35:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/19) — The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
- [Numbers 35:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/21) — Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of bl…
- [Numbers 35:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/24) — Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
- [Numbers 35:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/25) — And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city…
- [Numbers 35:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/27) — And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not b…
- [Deuteronomy 19:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/19/6) — Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas h…
- [Deuteronomy 19:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/19/12) — Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
- [Joshua 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/20/3) — That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
- [Joshua 20:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 unwit…
- [Joshua 20:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/20/9) — These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any…
- [Ruth 2:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/20) — And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And N…
- [Ruth 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/3/9) — And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near…
- [Ruth 3:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/3/12) — And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
- [Ruth 3:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/3/13) — Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s p…
- [Ruth 4:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/4/1) — Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a o…
- [Ruth 4:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/4/3) — And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimele…
- [Ruth 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/4/4) — And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem…
- [Ruth 4:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/4/6) — And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem…
- [Ruth 4:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/4/8) — Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
- [Ruth 4:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/4/14) — And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Isr…
- [2 Samuel 14:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/14/11) — Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any mor…
- [1 Kings 16:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/16/11) — And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one tha…
- [Job 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/5) — Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
- [Job 19:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/19/25) — For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
- [Psalms 19:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/14) — Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
- [Psalms 69:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/69/18) — Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
- [Psalms 72:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/72/14) — He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
- [Psalms 74:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/74/2) — Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, where…
- [Psalms 77:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/77/15) — Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
- [Psalms 78:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/35) — And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
- [Psalms 103:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/103/4) — Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
- [Psalms 106:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/106/10) — And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
- [Psalms 107:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/107/2) — Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
- [Psalms 119:154](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/154) — Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
- [Proverbs 23:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/23/11) — For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
- [Isaiah 35:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/35/9) — No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
- [Isaiah 41:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Isaiah 43:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/43/1) — But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have calle…
- [Isaiah 43:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/43/14) — Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, a…
- [Isaiah 44:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/44/6) — Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no Go…
- [Isaiah 44:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/44/22) — I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
- [Isaiah 44:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/44/23) — Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and ev…
- [Isaiah 44:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/44/24) — Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the h…
- [Isaiah 47:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/47/4) — As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
- [Isaiah 48:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/48/17) — Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the w…
- [Isaiah 48:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/48/20) — Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; s…
- [Isaiah 49:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/7) — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of…
- [Isaiah 49:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/26) — And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all fl…
- [Isaiah 51:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/51/10) — Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass…
- [Isaiah 52:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/52/3) — For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
- [Isaiah 52:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/52/9) — Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
- [Isaiah 54:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/54/5) — For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he…
- [Isaiah 54:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/54/8) — In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeeme…
- [Isaiah 59:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/59/20) — And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
- [Isaiah 60:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/60/16) — Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and t…
- [Isaiah 62:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/62/12) — And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
- [Isaiah 63:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/63/4) — For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
- [Isaiah 63:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/63/9) — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he ba…
- [Isaiah 63:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/63/16) — Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer;…
- [Jeremiah 31:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/11) — For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
- [Jeremiah 50:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/34) — Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disqu…
- [Lamentations 3:58](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/58) — O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
- [Hosea 13:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/13/14) — I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destr…
- [Micah 4:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/4/10) — Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou s…