גָּלָה
galah
uncover
Strong's H1540VerbHebrewTWOT 350

גָּלָה (galah) is a Hebrew verb meaning uncover. It appears 186 times in 27 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1540).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 350)

Range of meaning (TWOT 350)uncover, remove; uncover the ear, reveal, depart, go into exile; uncover oneself, discover, shew oneself, be disclosed, be removed; disclose, lay bar, make known, shew; carry away into exile, take into exile; carried into exile…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

גָּלָה verb: uncover, remove

Strong's H1540 גָּלָה: to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV: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.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 9:21Exodus 20:26Leviticus 18:6

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