גָּאַלgâʼal/gaw-al'/
HebrewH135111 occurrences (KJV)
to soil or (figuratively) desecrate
KJV renders it: defile, pollute, stain.
Where it appears(showing the first 9 of 11)
- Ezra 2:62These sought their place among those who were registered by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
- Neh 7:64These searched for their genealogical records, but couldn’t find them. Therefore were they deemed disqualified and removed from the priesthood.
- Isa 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.
- Isa 63:3“I have trodden the wine press alone; and of the peoples, no one was with me: Yes, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath. Their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing.
- Lam 4:14They wander as blind men in the streets. They are polluted with blood, So that men can’t touch their garments.
- Dan 1:8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
- Zeph 3:1Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!
- Mal 1:7You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is contemptible.’
- Mal 1:12“But you profane it, in that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.