גָּלָה

Strong’s Definition

to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.to uncover, remove
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(piel)
• 5.(pual) to be uncovered
• 6.(hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile
• 7.(hophal) to be taken into exile
• 8.(hithpael)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: gâlâh; Pronunciation: gaw-law'