What does גָּאַל · דָּם mean in the Bible?
גָּאַל · דָּם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "avenger or redeemer of blood".
Hebrew · H1350, H1818
גֹּאֵל הַדָּם
To redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.) · blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
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גָּאַל H1350 to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Pronunciation ga’al
Kinship-based redemption: a redeemer restores what was lost within family, protecting clan integrity and covenant lineage.
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דָּם H1818 blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Pronunciation dām
Blood as life-force whose shedding marks covenant, atonement, and culpability before God throughout scripture
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What does גֹּאֵל הַדָּם (goel haddam) mean in the Bible?
גָּאַל · דָּם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "avenger or redeemer of blood".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1350, H1818?
H1350, H1818 is connected to 466 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. avenger or redeemer of blood
Source Gloss
avenger or redeemer of blood
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 52
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 45×
Participle active 2Sam 14:11 · Deut 19:6 · Deut 19:12 · Isa 49:7 · Isa 59:20 · Josh 20:5 · Josh 20:9 · Lev 25:26 · Num 5:8 · Num 35:19 · Num 35:21 · Num 35:24 · Num 35:25 · Num 35:27 · Ruth 3:9 · Ruth 3:12 19×
Imperfect Lev 25:33 · Lev 27:15 · Lev 27:19 · Lev 27:20 · Lev 27:31 · Ps 72:14 · Ruth 3:13 · Ruth 4:4 10×
Perfect Exod 15:13 · Lam 3:58 · Ps 74:2 · Ps 77:16 · Isa 44:23 · Isa 48:20 · Isa 52:9 7×
Participle passive Isa 35:9 · Isa 51:10 · Isa 62:12 · Ps 107:2 4×
Infinitive absolute Lev 27:13 · Lev 27:19 · Lev 27:31 3×
Sequential imperfect Ruth 4:4 · Ruth 4:6 2×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 7×
Imperfect Lev 25:30 · Lev 25:54 · Lev 27:20 · Lev 27:27 · Lev 27:28 · Lev 27:33 · Isa 52:3 7×
Word Origins
גֹּאֵל הַדָּם is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
G184 LXX equivalent Greek
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain