Biblica Analytica
H1350A Hebrew

גָּאַל

ga.al

to redeem: redeem

Lexicon Entry

Definition
to redeem: redeem
Transliteration
ga.al
Strong's Number
H1350A
Occurrences
88
Semantic Domain
Worship & Ritual

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

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# Gaal (H1350A): Redemption in Ancient Hebrew The Hebrew word *gaal* appears 88 times throughout the biblical text and carries the fundamental meaning "to redeem." Based on its frequency and consistent definition, this verb represents a core concept in biblical language—the act of recovering or reclaiming something of value, typically through payment or intervention. The word's consistent translation across its numerous occurrences suggests a stable semantic range, indicating that biblical writers relied on this single term to express the idea of redemption across various contexts. The substantive presence of *gaal* in the biblical corpus—appearing in 88 different passages—demonstrates its importance to Hebrew religious and legal discourse. This frequency places it among frequently used theological vocabulary, suggesting that redemption was not a peripheral concern but rather a central theme in biblical thought and practice. The word's persistent use across different biblical books and historical periods indicates that the concept it represents remained relevant throughout the development of biblical literature. Without access to specific contextual examples from the lexicon data, we can observe that *gaal* functioned as a verbal expression of recovery and restoration. Its prevalence in the biblical text invites recognition that redemption—whether understood as legal reclamation, economic restoration, or spiritual recovery—occupied significant space in ancient Hebrew understanding of justice, obligation, and divine-human relationships.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H1350A
Lemma
גָּאַל
Transliteration
ga.al
Definition
to redeem: redeem
Occurrences
88
Model
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Prompt version
1

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Occurrences in Scripture

88 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

Job 3:5

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

Job 19:25

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

Psalms 19:14

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

Psalms 69:18

Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

Psalms 72:14

He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

Psalms 74:2

Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance: Mount Zion, in which you have lived.

Psalms 77:15

You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

Psalms 78:35

They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.

Psalms 103:4

who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies,

Psalms 106:10

He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Psalms 107:2

Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

Psalms 107:2

Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

Psalms 119:154

Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

Isaiah 35:9

No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.

Isaiah 41:14

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 43:1

But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

Isaiah 43:14

Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.

Isaiah 44:6

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

Isaiah 44:22

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

Isaiah 44:24

Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;

Isaiah 47:4

Our Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies is his name, is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 48:17

Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.

Isaiah 48:20

Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing announce this, tell it even to the end of the earth: say, “Yahweh has redeemed his servant Jacob!”

Isaiah 49:7

Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Isaiah 49:26

I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Isaiah 51:10

Isn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

Isaiah 52:3

For Yahweh says, “You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”

Isaiah 52:9

Break out into joy! Sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 54:5

For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.

Isaiah 54:8

In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says Yahweh your Redeemer.

Isaiah 59:20

“A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob,” says Yahweh.

Isaiah 60:16

You will also drink the milk of the nations, and will nurse from royal breasts. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Isaiah 62:12

They will call them “The Holy People, Yahweh’s Redeemed”. You will be called “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken”.

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. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

Isaiah 63:16

For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, Yahweh, are our Father. Our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.

Jeremiah 31:11

For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

Jeremiah 50:34

Their Redeemer is strong: Yahweh of Armies is his name. He will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Lamentations 3:58

Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

Micah 4:10

Be in pain, and labor to give birth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There Yahweh will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

Proverbs 23:11

for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

Genesis 48:16

the angel who has 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. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”

Exodus 6:6

Therefore tell the children of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments.

Exodus 15:13

“You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.

Leviticus 25:25

“ ‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.

Leviticus 25:25

“ ‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.

Leviticus 25:26

If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,

Leviticus 25:30

If it isn’t redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.

Leviticus 25:33

The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.