גָּאַל
ga.al
“to defile”
Definition
to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
a primitive root, (rather identified with H1350 (גָּאַל), through the idea of freeing, i.e. repudiating);
- to defile, pollute, desecrate 1a) (Niphal) to be defiled, be polluted 1b) (Piel) to pollute, desecrate 1c)(Pual) to be desecrated (of removal from priesthood) 1d) (Hiphil) to pollute, stain 1e) (Hithpael) to defile oneself
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
גָּאַל appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
For your hands are stained with blood,and your fingers with iniquity;your lips have spoken lies,and your tongue mutters injustice.
“I have trodden the winepress alone,and no one from the nations was with Me.I trampled them in My angerand trod them down in My fury;their blood spattered My garments,and all My clothes were stained.
They wandered blind in the streets,defiled by this blood,so that no one daredto touch their garments.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.