Know the Word.

Hebrew word

gâʼal

gaw-al'

גָּאַל

What it means

to soil or desecrate

to soil or (figuratively) desecrate

Where it comes from

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

How the King James translates it

  • polluted7
  • defiled1
  • stain1
  • defile1

Every place it appears 10

Ezra2:62
Nehemiah7:64
Isaiah59:363:3
Lamentations4:14
Daniel1:8
Zephaniah3:1
Malachi1:71:12
gâʼal (H1351) — Hebrew word meaning “to soil or desecrate”