Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H1540: גָּלָה (gâlâh) Definition

Strong's number
H1540
Lemma
גָּלָה
Transliteration
gâlâh
Pronunciation
gaw-law'
Strong's definition
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal [phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover. a primitive root;

167 instances of the word גָּלָה gâlâh (H1540)


  • 2 Chronicles 36:20 - carried he away And them that had escaped from the sword to Babylon to him and his sons where they were servants until the reign of the kingdom of Persia

  • 2 Kings 15:29 - In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria and took Ijon and Abelbethmaachah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee all the land of Naphtali and carried them captive of Assyria

  • 2 Kings 16:9 - hearkened And the king of Assyria went up And the king of Assyria against Damascus and took it and carried the people of it captive to Kir Rezin and slew

  • 2 Kings 17:6 - year In the ninth of Hoshea took the king into Assyria Samaria and carried Israel into Assyria and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes

  • 2 Kings 17:11 - And there they burnt incense in all the high places as did the heathen carried away to provoke the LORD before them and wrought things wicked to anger to provoke the LORD

  • 2 Kings 17:23 - removed Until the LORD Israel out of his sight as he had said by all his servants the prophets carried away Israel out of their own land to Assyria unto this day

  • 2 Kings 17:26 - Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria Wherefore they spake The nations which thou hast removed and placed in the cities of Samaria know not the manner of the God of the land therefore he hath sent lions among them and behold they slay know not the manner of the God of the land

  • 2 Kings 17:27 - commanded Then the king of Assyria saying thither one of the priests whom ye brought and dwell there and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land

  • 2 Kings 17:28 - came Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria and dwelt in Bethel and taught them how they should fear the LORD

  • 2 Kings 17:33 - the LORD their own gods and served after the manner of the nations whom they carried away

  • 2 Kings 18:11 - did carry away And the king of Assyria Israel of Assyria and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes

  • 2 Kings 24:14 - And he carried away all Jerusalem and all the princes and all the mighty men of valour even ten thousand and all the craftsmen and smiths none remained save the poorest sort of the people of the land

  • 2 Kings 24:15 - And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon mother and the king's wives and the king's and his officers of the land he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon

  • 2 Kings 25:11 - Now the rest of the people that were left in the city and the fugitives and the fugitives to the king of Babylon Now the rest of the multitude carry away did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard

  • 2 Kings 25:21 - smote And the king of Babylon them and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath was carried away So Judah out of their land

  • 2 Samuel 6:20 - returned David to bless his household came out And Michal the daughter of Saul to meet David and said How glorious himself to day was the king of Israel shamelessly himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants shamelessly shamelessly as one of the vain fellows

  • 2 Samuel 7:27 - For thou O LORD of hosts God of Israel hast revealed therefore hath thy servant saying thee an house I will build found therefore hath thy servant in his heart to pray this prayer

  • 2 Samuel 15:19 - Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite thou also with us return and abide the king for thou art a stranger and also an exile to thy place

  • 2 Samuel 22:16 - appeared And the channels of the sea were discovered the foundations of the world at the rebuking of the LORD at the blast of the breath of his nostrils

  • Amos 1:5 - I will break also the bar of Damascus and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house shall go into captivity and the people of Syria unto Kir saith the LORD