גָּעַל

ga.alto abhorHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb10 occurrences5 books9 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to detest; by implication, to reject
Traditional renderings: abhor, fail, lothe, vilely cast away.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

10 total
  1. Leviticus 26:11תִגְעַ֥ל · despise
    And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
  2. Leviticus 26:15תִּגְעַ֣ל · despise
    …and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
  3. Leviticus 26:30וְגָעֲלָ֥ה · will despise
    I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
  4. Leviticus 26:43גָּעֲלָ֥ה · and abhorred
    For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
  5. Leviticus 26:44גְעַלְתִּים֙ · despise them
    Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
  6. 2 Samuel 1:21נִגְעַל֙ · was defiled
    O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
  7. Job 21:10יַגְעִ֑ל · fail
    Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
  8. Jeremiah 14:19גָּעֲלָ֣ה · despise
    Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
  9. Ezekiel 16:45גֹּעֶ֥לֶת · who despised; גָּֽעֲ֙לוּ֙ · despised
    You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.