Strong's H1350

גָּאַל

Transliteration

gâʼal

Pronunciation

gaw-al'

Definition

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

KJV usage

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

Derivation

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

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.