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H1350 · גָּאַל

gâʼal

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

KJV gloss list in the source

[idiom] in any wise, [idiom] at all, avenger, deliver, (do, perform the part of near, next) kinsfolk(-man), purchase, ransom, redeem(-er), revenger.

Source pronunciation notation: gaw-al'

Derivation recorded by Strong

a primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e.

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