Strongs Number: H1351
- Hebrew Word
- גָּאַל
- Transliteration
- gâʼal
- Phonetic
- gaw-al'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
- BDB Definition
-
1. to defile, pollute, desecrate
a. (Niphal) to be defiled, be polluted
b. (Piel) to pollute, desecrate
c. (Pual) to be desecrated (of removal from priesthood)
d. (Hiphil) to pollute, stain
e. (Hithpael) to defile oneself
- Origin
- A primitive {root} (rather identical with {H1350 } through the idea of {freeing} that {is} repudiating)
- Bible Usage
- {defile} {pollute} stain.