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It is used to describe a strong emotional response of disgust or repulsion, often in the context of moral or spiritual unacceptability. This term is frequently employed in the Hebrew Bible to express God's rejection of certain behaviors, practices, or even people when they deviate from His covenantal standards.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near Eastern context, the concept of purity and impurity was deeply ingrained in the social and religious life of the Israelites. The term "gaal" reflects the cultural emphasis on maintaining holiness and the severe consequences of defilement. The Israelites were called to be a holy people, set apart for God, and any deviation from this calling was met with divine disapproval. This rejection was not merely a personal feeling but a covenantal response to unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to abhor, loathe<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>abhor (2), abhorred (1), abhors (1), defiled (1), fail (1), loathed (3), reject (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">גָּעַל</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>abhor, loathe</b></font> (Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">געל</font> Nithpa.<em>be fouled</em>, <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> <em>rinse out</em> with hot water; <font class="hebrew2">גְּעִילָה</font> <em>rejection</em>; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">געל</font> Ithpe`el <em>be fouled, soiled</em>) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">נָָּֽעֲלָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Jeremiah 14:19</a>, <font class="hebrew2">וְגָָֽעֲלָה</font> consecutive <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26-30.htm">Leviticus 26:30</a>; <font class="hebrew2">גְּעַלְתִּים</font> <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26-44.htm">Leviticus 26:44</a>; <font class="hebrew2">גָָּֽעֲלוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-45.htm">Ezekiel 16:45</a>; <em>Imperfect</em>3feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">תִּגְעַל</font> <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26-11.htm">Leviticus 26:11,15</a>; <em>Participle</em> feminine <font class="hebrew2">גֹּעֶ֫לֶת</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-45.htm">Ezekiel 16:45</a> (twice in verse); — <em>abhor, loathe</em>, (usually with accusative), Yahweh, his people <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26-11.htm">Leviticus 26:11</a>,30,44 (H) <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Jeremiah 14:19</a> (with <font class="hebrew2">בְּ</font>); the people, Yahweh's statutes <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26-15.htm">Leviticus 26:15</a>,43 (H); <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-45.htm">Ezekiel 16:45</a> (twice in verse) women their husbands (figurative, in prophecy against Jerusalem). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Niph`al</b></font> <font class="hebrew2">נִגְעַל מָגֵן גִּבּוֺרִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/1-21.htm">2 Samuel 1:21</a> <em>the shield of heroes was defiled</em> RVm VB Kirkp. but < <em>is rejected, cast away (with loathing)</em> Dr, compare Klo; <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">προσωχθίσθη</font>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">שׁוֺרוֺ עִבַּר</font> <font class="hebrew2">וְלֹא יַֹגְעִ֑ל</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/21-10.htm">Job 21:10</a>; <em>and doth not cause</em>, or <em>allow</em>, (the cow) <em>to reject as loathesome</em> Ra De, compare Di<sup>1</sup>; Di<sup>2, however, of bull</sup>, <em>cast away</em> (semen), or <em>shew aversion</em>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>abhor, fail, loathe, vilely cast away <p>A primitive root; to detest; by implication, to reject -- abhor, fail, lothe, vilely cast away. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>גְעַלְתִּים֙ גָּֽעֲ֙לוּ֙ גָּעֲלָ֣ה גָּעֲלָ֥ה גֹּעֶ֥לֶת געלה געלו געלת געלתים וְגָעֲלָ֥ה וגעלה יַגְעִ֑ל יגעל נִגְעַל֙ נגעל תִּגְעַ֣ל תִגְעַ֥ל תגעל gā‘ălāh gā‘ălū gā·‘ă·lāh gā·‘ă·lū gaaLah gaAlu ḡə‘altîm ḡə·‘al·tîm gealTim gō‘eleṯ gō·‘e·leṯ goElet niḡ‘al niḡ·‘al nigAl tiḡ‘al ṯiḡ‘al tiḡ·‘al ṯiḡ·‘al tigAl vegaaLah wə·ḡā·‘ă·lāh wəḡā‘ălāh yaḡ‘il yaḡ·‘il yagIl<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/leviticus/26-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 26:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּתוֹכְכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־ <b> תִגְעַ֥ל </b> נַפְשִׁ֖י אֶתְכֶֽם׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you, and My soul <span class="itali">will not reject</span> you.<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> you: and my soul <span class="itali">shall not abhor</span> you.<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> among will not <span class="itali">reject</span> and my soul<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/26-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 26:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶת־ מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י <b> תִּגְעַ֣ל </b> נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם לְבִלְתִּ֤י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> your soul <span class="itali">abhors</span> My ordinances<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> or if your soul <span class="itali">abhor</span> my judgments,<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and if my ordinances <span class="itali">abhors</span> your soul not<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/26-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 26:30</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">פִּגְרֵ֖י גִּלּוּלֵיכֶ֑ם <b> וְגָעֲלָ֥ה </b> נַפְשִׁ֖י אֶתְכֶֽם׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for My soul <span class="itali">shall abhor</span> you.<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and my soul <span class="itali">shall abhor</span> you.<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the remains of your idols <span class="itali">shall abhor</span> my soul<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/26-43.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 26:43</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְאֶת־ חֻקֹּתַ֖י <b> גָּעֲלָ֥ה </b> נַפְשָֽׁם׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and their soul <span class="itali">abhorred</span> My statutes.<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and because their soul <span class="itali">abhorred</span> my statutes.<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26-43.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> rejected my statutes <span class="itali">abhorred</span> and their soul<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/26-44.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 26:44</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מְאַסְתִּ֤ים וְלֹֽא־ <b> גְעַלְתִּים֙ </b> לְכַלֹּתָ֔ם לְהָפֵ֥ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> them, nor <span class="itali">will I so abhor</span> them as to destroy<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> I will not cast them away, <span class="itali">neither will I abhor</span> them, to destroy them utterly,<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/26-44.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> reject nor <span class="itali">abhor</span> to destroy breaking<p><b><a href="/text/2_samuel/1-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Samuel 1:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כִּ֣י שָׁ֤ם <b> נִגְעַל֙ </b> מָגֵ֣ן גִּבּוֹרִ֔ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_samuel/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the mighty <span class="itali">was defiled,</span> The shield<br><a href="/kjvs/2_samuel/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the mighty <span class="itali">is vilely cast away,</span> the shield<br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/1-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> For there <span class="itali">was defiled</span> the shield of the mighty<p><b><a href="/text/job/21-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 21:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/21.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עִ֭בַּר וְלֹ֣א <b> יַגְעִ֑ל </b> תְּפַלֵּ֥ט פָּ֝רָת֗וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> mates without <span class="itali">fail;</span> His cow calves<br><a href="/kjvs/job/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> gendereth, <span class="itali">and faileth</span> not; their cow<br><a href="/interlinear/job/21-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> mates without <span class="itali">fail</span> calves his cow<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/14-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 14:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אִם־ בְּצִיּוֹן֙ <b> גָּעֲלָ֣ה </b> נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ מַדּ֙וּעַ֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Judah? Or <span class="itali">have You loathed</span> Zion? Why<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> hath thy soul <span class="itali">lothed</span> Zion?<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/14-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> lo Zion <span class="itali">loathed</span> any have You<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/16-45.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 16:45</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אִמֵּ֣ךְ אַ֔תְּ <b> גֹּעֶ֥לֶת </b> אִישָׁ֖הּ וּבָנֶ֑יהָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of your mother, <span class="itali">who loathed</span> her husband<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> daughter, <span class="itali">that lotheth</span> her husband<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-45.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of your mother who <span class="itali">loathed</span> her husband and children<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/16-45.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 16:45</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אַ֗תְּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר <b> גָּֽעֲ֙לוּ֙ </b> אַנְשֵׁיהֶ֣ן וּבְנֵיהֶ֔ן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> who <span class="itali">loathed</span> their husbands<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of thy sisters, <span class="itali">which lothed</span> their husbands<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-45.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you who <span class="itali">loathed</span> their husbands and children<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1602.htm">10 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1602.htm">Strong's Hebrew 1602<br>10 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/gaalah_1602.htm">gā·‘ă·lāh — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/gaalu_1602.htm">gā·‘ă·lū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/gealtim_1602.htm">ḡə·‘al·tîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/goelet_1602.htm">gō·‘e·leṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/nigal_1602.htm">niḡ·‘al — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tigal_1602.htm">ṯiḡ·‘al — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vegaalah_1602.htm">wə·ḡā·‘ă·lāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yagil_1602.htm">yaḡ·‘il — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/1601.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1601"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1601" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/1603.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1603"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1603" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>