Strong H1602גָּעַל

to abhor

Transliteration
gâ‛al
Pronunciation
gaw-al'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to detest; by implication to reject: - {abhor} {fail} {lothe} vilely cast away.

Detailed definition

1) to abhor, loathe, be vilely cast away, fall
1a) (Qal) to abhor, loathe
1b) (Niphal) to be defiled
1c) (Hiphil) to reject as loathsome, show aversion

In the Bible

Strong H1602 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • abhor5
  • lothed2
  • cast1
  • faileth1
  • lotheth1

First verses

  1. Leviticus 26:11
    And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
  2. Leviticus 26:15
    And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
  3. Leviticus 26:30
    And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
  4. Leviticus 26:43
    The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
  5. Leviticus 26:44
    And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.
  6. 2 Samuel 1:21
    Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
  7. Job 21:10
    Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
  8. Jeremiah 14:19
    Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
  9. Ezekiel 16:45
    Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
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