# H1351 גָּאַל

גָּאַל (gâʼal), Strong’s H1351: to soil or (figuratively) desecrate KJV: defile, pollute, stain.. Occurs 11 times.

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*gâʼal* — to soil or (figuratively) desecrate

KJV: defile, pollute, stain.

Occurs 11 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [גָּאַל] vb. defile, late
- Niph. be defiled
- Pi. pollute, desecrate
- Pu. and they were desecrated out of the priesthood
- Hiph. I have polluted, i.e. stained, all my raiment.
- Hithp. defile himself

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 59:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/59?v=3) — For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters…
- [Isaiah 63:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/63?v=3) — “I have trodden the wine press alone. Of the peoples, no one was with me. Yes, I trod them in my anger and trampled…
- [Zephaniah 3:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zephaniah/3?v=1) — Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!
- [Malachi 1:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/malachi/1?v=7) — You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘The LORD’s table is…
- [Malachi 1:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/malachi/1?v=12) — “But you profane it when you say, ‘The LORD’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’
- [Lamentations 4:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/lamentations/4?v=14) — They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.
- [Daniel 1:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/daniel/1?v=8) — But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which…
- [Ezra 2:62](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/2?v=62) — These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found; therefore they were…
- [Nehemiah 7:64](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/7?v=64) — These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore they were deemed disqualified and…