גָּאַל

Derivation

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

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

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

Translated as

redeem (22), redeemed (21), redeemer (15), kinsman (11), avenger (6), revenger (6), all (2), ransomed (2), purchase (1), wise (1), part (1), revengers (1), kinsfolks (1), stain (1), redeemeth (1), deliver (1)

Where it appears

Found in 76 verses

Genesis

48:16

Exodus

6:6, 15:13

Leviticus

25:25, 25:26, 25:30, 25:33, 25:49, 25:54, 27:13, 27:15, 27:19, 27:20, 27:27, 27:28, 27:31

Numbers

5:8, 35:12, 35:19, 35:21, 35:24, 35:25, 35:27

Deuteronomy

19:6, 19:12

Joshua

20:3, 20:5, 20:9

Ruth

3:12, 3:13, 4:1, 4:3, 4:4, 4:6, 4:8, 4:14

2 Samuel

14:11

1 Kings

16:11

Job

3:5, 19:25

Psalms

69:18, 72:14, 74:2, 77:15, 103:4, 106:10, 107:2, 119:154

Proverbs

23:11

Isaiah

35:9, 41:14, 43:1, 43:14, 44:6, 44:23, 44:24, 47:4, 48:17, 48:20, 49:7, 49:26, 51:10, 52:3, 52:9, 54:5, 59:20, 60:16, 62:12, 63:4 + 2 more

Jeremiah

31:11, 50:34

Lamentations

3:58

Hosea

13:14

Micah

4:10