Definition
a primitive root, (rather identified with H1350, through the idea of freeing, i.e. repudiating); to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
Traditional renderings: defile, pollute, stain.
Traditional renderings: defile, pollute, stain.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גָּאַל:
- μολύνωmolunō“to defile”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
11 total
- Ezra 2:62וַֽיְגֹאֲל֖וּ · and so were excludedThese men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
- Nehemiah 7:64וַיְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ · and so were excludedThese men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
- Isaiah 59:3נְגֹאֲל֣וּ · are stainedFor your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
- Isaiah 63:3אֶגְאָֽלְתִּי׃ · were stained“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.
- Lamentations 4:14נְגֹֽאֲל֖וּ · defiledThey wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
- Daniel 1:8יִתְגָּאַ֛ל · defile himself; יִתְגָּאָֽל׃ · to defile himselfBut 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.
- Zephaniah 3:1וְנִגְאָלָ֑ה · and defiledWoe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
- Malachi 1:7מְגֹאָ֔ל · defiled; גֵֽאַלְנ֑וּךָ · have we defiled YouBy presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
- Malachi 1:12מְגֹאָ֣ל · defiled“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’