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גָּלָה
gâlâh · Hebrew · Strong's H1540 · 186 occurrences
The KJV renders 29 different Hebrew and Greek words as “depart”
What it means
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
appear, bewray, bring, carry, lead, go captive, depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, publish, remove, reveal, shew, tell, uncover
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“depart”
also renders
katérchomai (G2718), anachōréō (G402), diérchomai (G1330), apérchomai (G565), anágō (G321), diachōrízomai (G1316), hypágō (G5217), metabaínō (G3327), apochōréō (G672), exérchomai (G1831), apallássō (G525), metaírō (G3332), ekporeúomai (G1607), éxeimi (G1826), parágō (G3855), apochōrízō (G673), aphístēmi (G868), poreúomai (G4198), apolýō (G630), analýō (G360), chōrízō (G5563), hâlak (H1980), mûwsh (H4185), nâdad (H5074), çûwr (H5493), ʻădâʼ (H5709), râshaʻ (H7561), shâʻâh (H8159)“shew”
also renders
emphanízō (G1718), poiéō (G4160), dēlóō (G1213), mēnýō (G3377), katatíthēmi (G2698), apangéllō (G518), parístēmi (G3936), dídōmi (G1325), apodeíknymi (G584), epideíknymi (G1925), phaneróō (G5319), anadeíknymi (G322), paréchō (G3930), katangéllō (G2605), diēgéomai (G1334), deiknýō (G1166), lógos (G3056), próthesis (G4286), légō (G3004), hakkârâh (H1971), chăvâʼ (H2324), châzaq (H2388), yâdaʻ (H3045), yârâh (H3384), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), shîyth (H7896), shâmaʻ (H8085)“bring”
also renders
epiphérō (G2018), eisphérō (G1533), hístēmi (G2476), lambánō (G2983), poiéō (G4160), apophérō (G667), érchomai (G2064), ágō (G71), phérō (G5342), komízō (G2865), paréchō (G3930), proságō (G4317), apágō (G520), ʼâthâh (H857), ʼâthâh (H858), bâsar (H1319), yâbal (H2986), yᵉbal (H2987), yâhab (H3051), nâdach (H5080), çûwr (H5493), qârâh (H7136), râkab (H7392), râʻaʻ (H7489), shîyth (H7896), shâphath (H8239)“remove”
also renders
metatíthēmi (G3346), aírō (G142), metabaínō (G3327), methístēmi (G3179), lógos (G3056), kinéō (G2795), paraphérō (G3911), gâlal (H1556), mûwr (H4171), mûwsh (H4185), nâdad (H5074), nûwd (H5110), nâçag (H5253), nâsag (H5381), çûwr (H5493), ʻâbar (H5674), ʻădâʼ (H5709), râchaq (H7368)“carry”
also renders
apophérō (G667), aírō (G142), ágō (G71), phérō (G5342), elaúnō (G1643), synkomízō (G4792), diaphérō (G1308), bastázō (G941), bâsar (H1319), yâbal (H2986), yᵉbal (H2987), nᵉchath (H5182), çâbal (H5445), râkab (H7392), râmâh (H7411)“tell”
also renders
eídō (G1492), exēgéomai (G1834), mēnýō (G3377), apangéllō (G518), eréō (G2046), laléō (G2980), eklaléō (G1583), diēgéomai (G1334), anangéllō (G312), légō (G3004), ʼămar (H560), dâbar (H1696), yâdaʻ (H3045), shâmaʻ (H8085), tâkan (H8505)“open”
also renders
anakalýptō (G343), anoígō (G455), schízō (G4977), dianoígō (G1272), anaptýssō (G380), kârâh (H3738), pâʻar (H6473), pâtsâh (H6475), pâqach (H6491), pᵉthach (H6606), pithchôwn (H6610)“be gone”
also renders
ʼăzâd (H230)Questions this word decides
Where it appears
186 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 5:6 HVhp3ms1 Chronicles 5:26 HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3mp1 Chronicles 6:15 HR/Vhc1 Chronicles 8:6 HC/Vhw3mp/Sp3mp1 Chronicles 8:7 HVhp3ms/Sp3mp1 Chronicles 9:1 HVHp3cp1 Chronicles 17:25 HVqp2ms1 Samuel 2:27 HTi/VNa1 Samuel 3:7 HVNi3ms1 Samuel 3:21 HVNp3ms1 Samuel 4:21 HVqp3ms1 Samuel 4:22 HVqp3ms1 Samuel 9:15 HVqp3ms1 Samuel 14:8 HC/VNq1cp1 Samuel 14:11 HC/VNw3mp1 Samuel 20:2 HVqi3ms1 Samuel 20:12 HC/Vqq1cs1 Samuel 20:13 HC/Vqq1cs1 Samuel 22:8 HC/Vqrmsa1 Samuel 22:17 HVqp3cp2 Chronicles 36:20 HC/Vhw3ms2 Kings 15:29 HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3mp2 Kings 16:9 HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3fs2 Kings 17:6 HC/Vhw3ms2 Kings 17:11 HVhp3ms2 Kings 17:23 HC/Vqw3ms2 Kings 17:26 HVhp2ms2 Kings 17:27 HVhp2mp2 Kings 17:28 HVhp3cp2 Kings 17:33 HVhp3cp2 Kings 18:11 HC/Vhw3ms2 Kings 24:14 HC/Vhp3ms2 Kings 24:15 HC/Vhw3ms2 Kings 25:11 HVhp3ms2 Kings 25:21 HC/Vqw3ms2 Samuel 6:20 HR/VNc2 Samuel 7:27 HVqp2ms2 Samuel 15:19 HVqrmsa2 Samuel 22:16 HVNi3mpAmos 1:5 HC/Vqq3cpAmos 1:6 HVhc/Sp3mpAmos 3:7 HVqp3msAmos 5:5 HVqaAmos 5:27 HC/Vhq1csAmos 6:7 HVqi3mpAmos 7:11 HVqaAmos 7:17 HVqaDaniel 10:1 HVNp3msDeuteronomy 22:30 HVpi3msDeuteronomy 27:20 HVpp3msDeuteronomy 29:29 HC/Td/VNrfpaEsther 2:6 HVHp3fsEsther 3:14 HVqsmsaEsther 8:13 HVqsmsaExodus 20:26 HVNi3fsEzekiel 12:3 HC/Vqq2msEzekiel 13:14 HC/VNq3msEzekiel 16:36 HC/VNw3fsEzekiel 16:37 HC/Vpq1csEzekiel 16:57 HVNi3fs
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.