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To abhor

גָּעַלStrong’s H1602

gaal (ga-al)

Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Gaal is the Hebrew word usually translated “it will abhor”, “it abhorred” and “abhor them”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.

“And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.”
Leviticus 26:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. To abhor, loathe, be vilely cast away, fall(Qal) to abhor, loathe · (Niphal) to be defiled · (Hiphil) to reject as loathsome, show aversion
How it's translated
  • it will abhor 2
  • and it will abhor 1
  • it abhorred 1
  • i will abhor them 1
  • it was defiled 1
  • it fails 1
  • does it abhor 1
  • loathed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 5
  • 2 Samuel 1
  • Job 1
  • Jeremiah 1
  • Ezekiel 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

גָּעַל gaal · to abhor

1) to abhor, loathe, be vilely cast away, fall 1a) (Qal) to abhor, loathe 1b) (Niphal) to be defiled 1c) (Hiphil) to reject as loathsome, show aversion

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “loath” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LOATH, LOATHE, LOATHER, noun

One that lothes.

    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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.