גָּאַל (ga.al) means “to defile” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: gaw-al' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
גָּאַל · ga.al · to defile
1) 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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a primitive root, (rather identified with H1350 (גָּאַל), through the idea of freeing, i.e. repudiating); to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
KJV glosses: defile, pollute, stain.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| defiled | 3 |
| and so were excluded | 2 |
| and defiled | 1 |
| are stained | 1 |
| defile himself | 1 |
| have we defiled you | 1 |
| to defile himself | 1 |
| were stained | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| polluted | 2 |
| therefore were they as polluted | 2 |
| and i will stain | 1 |
| and polluted | 1 |
| are defiled | 1 |
| that he might not defile | 1 |
| that he would not defile | 1 |
| they have polluted | 1 |
| wherein have we polluted | 1 |
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These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
Read word by wordThese men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
Read word by wordFor your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
Read word by word“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
Read word by wordThey wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordWoe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
Read word by wordBy presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
Read word by word“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
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