To reveal
גְּלָאStrong’s H1541gelah (ge-lah)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gelah is the Aramaic word usually translated “took into exile”, “reveals” and “it was revealed”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.”
Meaning
- To reveal(P'al) to reveal (secrets), be revealed · (Aphel) to take into exile
How it's translated
- he took into exile 2
- and reveals 2
- it was revealed 1
- revealing 1
- reveals 1
- it has been revealed 1
- to reveal 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 6
- Ezra 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:22In contextHe revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
- Daniel 2:28In contextBut there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
- Daniel 2:29In contextAs for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
- Daniel 2:30In contextBut as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
- Daniel 2:47In contextThe king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
- Ezra 4:10And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.
Aramaic dictionary
גְּלָא gelah · to reveal
1) to reveal 1a) (P'al) to reveal (secrets), be revealed 1b) (Aphel) to take into exile
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “reveal” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REVE'AL, verb transitive
[Latin revelo; re and velo, to veil.]
- To disclose; to discover; to show; to make known something before unknown or concealed; as, to reveal secrets.
- To disclose, discover or make known from heaven.“The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men” Romans 1:18
All definitions and other forms of “reveal”
REVE'AL, noun
A revealing; disclosure. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.