גָּאַל

gaal

gah-AHL

to redeem, to buy back as next of kin

Where it comes from

A family term before it is a theological one. The goel was the relative obliged to buy back a family member's land or freedom — redemption as kinship duty, which is the whole engine of the book of Ruth.

Every place it appears

Strong's H1350. It stands in 84 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Job 19:25

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.

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