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Hebrew word study

גָּלָהgâlâh — to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense)

Pronounced “gaw-law'”

to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

Translated in the King James as: [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, plainly, publish, remove, reveal, shamelessly, shew, surely, tell, uncover.

Appears 184 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 2×

Genesis 9:21 Genesis 35:7

Exodus — 1×

Leviticus — 24×

Leviticus 18:6 Leviticus 18:7 Leviticus 18:8 Leviticus 18:9 Leviticus 18:10 Leviticus 18:11 Leviticus 18:12 Leviticus 18:13 Leviticus 18:14 Leviticus 18:15 Leviticus 18:16 Leviticus 18:17 Leviticus 18:18 Leviticus 18:19 Leviticus 20:11 Leviticus 20:17 Leviticus 20:18 Leviticus 20:19 Leviticus 20:20 Leviticus 20:21+ 4 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 3×

Numbers 22:31 Numbers 24:4 Numbers 24:16

Deuteronomy — 3×

Deuteronomy 22:30 Deuteronomy 27:20 Deuteronomy 29:29

Judges — 1×

Ruth — 3×

Ruth 3:4 Ruth 3:7 Ruth 4:4

1 Samuel — 15×

1 Sam 2:27 1 Sam 3:7 1 Sam 3:21 1 Sam 4:21 1 Sam 4:22 1 Sam 9:15 1 Sam 14:8 1 Sam 14:11 1 Sam 20:2 1 Sam 20:12 1 Sam 20:13 1 Sam 22:8 1 Sam 22:17+ 2 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 6×

2 Sam 6:20 2 Sam 7:27 2 Sam 15:19 2 Sam 22:16+ 2 more in 2 Samuel

2 Kings — 14×

2 Ki 15:29 2 Ki 16:9 2 Ki 17:6 2 Ki 17:11 2 Ki 17:23 2 Ki 17:26 2 Ki 17:27 2 Ki 17:28 2 Ki 17:33 2 Ki 18:11 2 Ki 24:14 2 Ki 24:15 2 Ki 25:11 2 Ki 25:21

1 Chronicles — 7×

1 Chr 5:6 1 Chr 5:26 1 Chr 6:15 1 Chr 8:6 1 Chr 8:7 1 Chr 9:1 1 Chr 17:25

2 Chronicles — 1×

Ezra — 1×

Nehemiah — 1×

Esther — 3×

Esther 2:6 Esther 3:14 Esther 8:13

Job — 8×

Job 12:22 Job 20:27 Job 20:28 Job 33:16 Job 36:10 Job 36:15 Job 38:17 Job 41:13

Psalms — 3×

Psalms 18:15 Psalms 98:2 Psalms 119:18

Proverbs — 7×

Proverbs 11:13 Proverbs 18:2 Proverbs 20:19 Proverbs 25:9 Proverbs 26:26 Proverbs 27:5 Proverbs 27:25

Isaiah — 17×

Isaiah 5:13 Isaiah 16:3 Isaiah 22:8 Isaiah 22:14 Isaiah 23:1 Isaiah 24:11 Isaiah 26:21 Isaiah 38:12 Isaiah 40:5 Isaiah 47:2 Isaiah 47:3 Isaiah 49:9 Isaiah 49:21 Isaiah 53:1 Isaiah 56:1 Isaiah 57:8+ 1 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 26×

Jeremiah 1:3 Jeremiah 11:20 Jeremiah 13:19 Jeremiah 13:22 Jeremiah 20:4 Jeremiah 20:12 Jeremiah 22:12 Jeremiah 24:1 Jeremiah 27:20 Jeremiah 29:1 Jeremiah 29:4 Jeremiah 29:7 Jeremiah 29:14 Jeremiah 32:11 Jeremiah 32:14 Jeremiah 33:6 Jeremiah 39:9 Jeremiah 40:1 Jeremiah 40:7 Jeremiah 43:3 Jeremiah 49:10 Jeremiah 52:15 Jeremiah 52:27 Jeremiah 52:28 Jeremiah 52:30+ 1 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 4×

Lam 1:3 Lam 2:14 Lam 4:22+ 1 more in Lamentations

Ezekiel — 14×

Ezekiel 12:3 Ezekiel 13:14 Ezekiel 16:36 Ezekiel 16:37 Ezekiel 16:57 Ezekiel 21:24 Ezekiel 22:10 Ezekiel 23:10 Ezekiel 23:18 Ezekiel 23:29 Ezekiel 39:23 Ezekiel 39:28+ 2 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 1×

Hosea — 3×

Hosea 2:10 Hosea 7:1 Hosea 10:5

Amos — 12×

Amos 1:5 Amos 1:6 Amos 3:7 Amos 5:5 Amos 5:27 Amos 6:7 Amos 7:11 Amos 7:17+ 4 more in Amos

Micah — 2×

Micah 1:6 Micah 1:16

Nahum — 2×

Nahum 2:7 Nahum 3:5

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