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גָּאַל ga·al

“to redeem” · 104 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: onceExodus: 2 timesLeviticus: 22 timesNumbers: 8 timesDeuteronomy: 2 timesJoshua: 3 timesJudges: 0 timesRuth: 21 times1 Samuel: 0 times2 Samuel: once1 Kings: once2 Kings: 0 times1 Chronicles: 0 times2 Chronicles: 0 timesEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 0 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: 2 timesPsalms: 11 timesProverbs: onceEcclesiastes: 0 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 24 timesJeremiah: 2 timesLamentations: onceEzekiel: 0 timesDaniel: 0 timesHosea: onceJoel: 0 timesAmos: 0 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 0 timesMicah: onceNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: 0 timesZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 0 timesMalachi: 0 timesMatthew: 0 timesMark: 0 timesLuke: 0 timesJohn: 0 timesActs: 0 timesRomans: 0 times1 Corinthians: 0 times2 Corinthians: 0 timesGalatians: 0 timesEphesians: 0 timesPhilippians: 0 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 0 times2 Thessalonians: 0 times1 Timothy: 0 times2 Timothy: 0 timesTitus: 0 timesPhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 0 timesJames: 0 times1 Peter: 0 times2 Peter: 0 times1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 0 timesRevelation: 0 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “redeemed” 26
  • “redeemer” 19
  • “avenger” 11
  • “kinsman redeemer” 7
  • “redeem it” 6
  • other ways 35
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis1
Exodus2
Leviticus22
Numbers8
Deuteronomy2
Joshua3
Ruth21
2 Samuel1
1 Kings1
Job2
Psalms11
Proverbs1
Isaiah24
Jeremiah2
Lamentations1
Hosea1
Micah1

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. redeemed26
  2. redeemer19
  3. avenger11
  4. kinsman redeemer7
  5. redeem it6
  6. redeem you4
  7. redeem him3
  8. redeemed them3
  9. decides to redeem it2
  10. decides to redeem the animal2
  11. redeem me2
  12. Not translated: the English carries it without a word1
  13. 18 other ways18
Its meanings, as STEP Bible divides them
  • redeem 88
  • avenge 13
  • relative 2
  • redemption 1

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“redeemed” 26

  • Exodus 2

    • 6:6 …you from their bondage I will redeem you with an outstretched…
    • 15:13 …will lead the people You have redeemed with Your strength You…

  • Leviticus 11

    • 25:25 …of kin may come and redeem what his brother has…
    • 25:30 …If it is not redeemed by the end of…
    • 25:33 …belongs to the Levites may be redeemed a house sold in…
    • 25:54 …if he is not redeemed in any of these…
    • 27:15 …who consecrated his house redeems it he must add…
    • 27:20 …however he does not redeem the field or if…
    • 27:20 …it may no longer be redeemed
    • 27:27 …If it is not redeemed then it shall be…
    • 27:28 …land can be sold or redeemed everything so devoted is…
    • 27:31 …If a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe…
    • 27:33 …become holy they cannot be redeemed

  • Psalms 5

    • 72:14 He will redeem them from oppression and…
    • 74:2 …You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of…
    • 77:15 …With power You redeemed Your people the sons…
    • 107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say…
    • 107:2 …LORD say so whom He has redeemed from the hand of…

  • Isaiah 7

    • 35:9 …not be found there but the redeemed will walk upon it…
    • 44:23 …trees For the LORD has redeemed Jacob and revealed His…
    • 48:20 …earth saying The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob…
    • 51:10 …depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over…
    • 52:3 …nothing and without money you will be redeemed
    • 52:9 …has comforted His people He has redeemed Jerusalem…
    • 62:12 …called the Holy People the Redeemed of The LORD and…

  • Lamentations 1

    • 3:58 …my cause O Lord You redeem my life…
“redeemer” 19

  • Ruth 1

    • 3:12 …redeemer but there is a redeemer nearer than I…

  • Job 1

    • 19:25 …But I know that my Redeemer lives and in the…

  • Psalms 2

    • 19:14 …O LORD my Rock and my Redeemer
    • 78:35 …that God Most High was their Redeemer

  • Proverbs 1

    • 23:11 …for their Redeemer is strong He will…

  • Isaiah 13

    • 41:14 …you declares the LORD Your Redeemer is the Holy One…
    • 43:14 …Thus says the LORD your Redeemer the Holy One of…
    • 44:6 …the LORD the King and Redeemer of Israel the LORD…
    • 44:24 …Thus says the LORD your Redeemer who formed you from…
    • 47:4 Our Redeemer the LORD of Hosts…
    • 48:17 …Thus says the LORD your Redeemer the Holy One of…
    • 49:7 …Thus says the LORD the Redeemer and Holy One of…
    • 49:26 …LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer the Mighty One of…
    • 54:5 …Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer He is called the…
    • 54:8 …you says the LORD your Redeemer
    • 59:20 The Redeemer will come to Zion…
    • 60:16 …LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer the Mighty One of…
    • 63:16 …LORD are our Father our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your…

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong the LORD…
“avenger” 11

  • Numbers 6

    • 35:12 …cities as a refuge from the avenger so that the manslayer…
    • 35:19 The avenger of blood is to…
    • 35:24 …judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to…
    • 35:25 …manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood Then the…
    • 35:27 and the avenger of blood finds him…
    • 35:27 …refuge and kills him then the avenger will not be guilty…

  • Deuteronomy 2

    • 19:6 …Otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue…
    • 19:12 …hand him over to the avenger of blood to die…

  • Joshua 3

    • 20:3 …will be your refuge from the avenger of blood…
    • 20:5 …Now if the avenger of blood pursues him…
    • 20:9 …die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to…
“kinsman redeemer” 7

  • Ruth 7

    • 2:20 …is one of our kinsman-redeemers
    • 3:9 …over me for you are a kinsman-redeemer
    • 3:12 …true that I am a kinsman-redeemer but there is a…
    • 4:1 …sat down there Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had…
    • 4:3 …And he said to the kinsman-redeemer Naomi who has returned…
    • 4:6 The kinsman-redeemer replied I cannot redeem…
    • 4:8 So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and…
“redeem it” 6

  • Leviticus 1

    • 25:26 …man has no one to redeem it for him but he…

  • Ruth 5

    • 4:4 …if you will not redeem it tell me so I…
    • 4:4 …no one but you to redeem it and I am next…
    • 4:4 …next after you I will redeem it he replied…
    • 4:6 …redeemer replied I cannot redeem it myself or I would…
    • 4:6 …redemption because I cannot redeem it
“redeem you” 4

  • Ruth 1

    • 3:13 …he does not want to redeem you as surely as the…

  • Isaiah 2

    • 43:1 …Do not fear for I have redeemed you I have called you…
    • 44:22 …Return to Me for I have redeemed you

  • Micah 1

    • 4:10 …rescued there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of…
“redeem him” 3

  • Leviticus 2

    • 25:48 …One of his brothers may redeem him
    • 25:49 …relative from his clan may redeem him Or if he prospers…

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 31:11 …LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that…
“redeemed them” 3

  • Psalms 1

    • 106:10 …hand that hated them He redeemed them from the hand of…

  • Isaiah 1

    • 63:9 …love and compassion He redeemed them He lifted them up…

  • Hosea 1

    • 13:14 …the power of Sheol I will redeem them from Death Where O…
“decides to redeem the animal” 2

  • Leviticus 2

    • 27:13 …If however the owner decides to redeem the animal he must add a…
    • 27:13 …If however the owner decides to redeem the animal he must add a…
“decides to redeem it” 2

  • Leviticus 2

    • 27:19 …who consecrated the field decides to redeem it he must add a…
    • 27:19 …who consecrated the field decides to redeem it he must add a…
“redeem me” 2

  • Psalms 2

    • 69:18 …near to my soul and redeem me ransom me because of…
    • 119:154 …Defend my cause and redeem me revive me according to…
“who has redeemed” 1

  • Genesis 1

    • 48:16 …the angel who has redeemed me from all harm…
“kin” 1

  • Leviticus 1

    • 25:25 …his property his nearest of kin may come and redeem…
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 1
“redeem himself” 1

  • Leviticus 1

    • 25:49 …Or if he prospers he may redeem himself
“wishes” 1

  • Leviticus 1

    • 27:31 …If a man wishes to redeem part of…
“relative” 1

  • Numbers 1

    • 5:8 …the man has no relative to whom restitution can…
“when the avenger” 1

  • Numbers 1

    • 35:21 …he is a murderer When the avenger of blood finds the…
“wants to redeem you” 1

  • Ruth 1

    • 3:13 …in the morning if he wants to redeem you good Let him redeem…
“him redeem you” 1

  • Ruth 1

    • 3:13 …to redeem you good Let him redeem you But if he does…
“will” 1

  • Ruth 1

    • 3:13 …the LORD lives I will Now lie here until…
“want to redeem it” 1

  • Ruth 1

    • 4:4 …of my people If you want to redeem it do so But if…
“do so” 1

  • Ruth 1

    • 4:4 …want to redeem it do so But if you will…
“take my right of redemption” 1

  • Ruth 1

    • 4:6 …jeopardize my own inheritance Take my right of redemption because I cannot redeem…
“without a kinsman redeemer” 1

  • Ruth 1

    • 4:14 …left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer May his name become…
“prevent the avenger” 1

  • 2 Samuel 1

    • 14:11 …the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing…
“whether a kinsman” 1

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 16:11 …leave a single male whether a kinsman or friend…
“reclaim it” 1

  • Job 1

    • 3:5 …May darkness and gloom reclaim it and a cloud settle…
“who redeems” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 103:4 who redeems your life from the…
“redemption” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 63:4 …heart and the year of My redemption had come…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.