H1350 Hebrew
גָּאַל
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
- Transliteration
- gâʼal
- Pronunciation
- gaw-al'
- Concordance
- 208 occurrences
- Definition
- a primitive root, 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.)
- KJV usage
- [idiom] in any wise, [idiom] at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.