Strong's H1350 · Hebrew

ga'al

gaw-al'

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.)

Scholarly Lexicons

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

H1350a

H1350a גָּאַל redeem , act as kinsman . . act as kinsman , do the part of next of kin . redeem , by payment of value assessed . redeem , with God as subj. implying personal relationship . . refl. redeem oneself . pass. be redeemed H1350b גְּאוּלַי n. abstr . redemption

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain

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