גָּאַל

Strong’s Definition

to soil or (figuratively) desecrate

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root, (rather identified with H1350 (גָּאַל), through the idea of freeing, i.e. repudiating);

KJV Usage

defile, pollute, stain.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to defile, pollute, desecrate
• 2.(niphal) to be defiled, be polluted
• 3.(piel) to pollute, desecrate
• 4.(pual) to be desecrated (of removal from priesthood)
• 5.(hiphil) to pollute, stain
• 6.(hithpael) to defile oneself

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: gâʼal; Pronunciation: gaw-al'