גְּאֻלָּה
ge.ul.lah (H1353)
redemption
AI Word Study
In the Hebrew language, the word "גְּאֻלָּה" (ge.ul.lah), with a Strong's number of H1353, carries a simple yet powerful definition: redemption. This concept appears 14 times in the Bible, underscoring its importance in the biblical narrative. The word "גְּאֻלָּה" suggests a return to a previous state, a restoration to a condition that was once lost. In the context of biblical redemption, this typically refers to the rescue of individuals or groups from bondage or captivity, with the promise of restoring them to their rightful place or state. Given its frequency in the Bible, "גְּאֻלָּה" is a significant concept that speaks to the themes of deliverance, restoration, and the relationships between individuals, communities, and their God.
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In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.
If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it,
“ ‘If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be accounted for with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
“ ‘Nevertheless, in the cities of the Levites, the Levites may redeem the houses in the cities of their possession at any time.
after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him;
If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give back the price of his redemption.
The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.”
Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel.
‘Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you, saying, “Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.” ’ ”
“So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to Yahweh’s word, and said to me, ‘Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours. Buy it for yourself.’ “Then I knew that this was Yahweh’s word.
“Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far away from Yahweh. This land has been given to us for a possession.’ ”