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Gaal

ga'-al (contempt, abomination, loathing)
RELATED: Abimelech, Ebed, Shechem
SEE ALSO: Gall

Easton's Bible Dictionary

loathing, The son of Ebed, in whom the Shechemites "placed their confidence" when they became discontented with Abimelech. He headed the revolution, and led out the men of Shechem against Abimelech; but was defeated, and fled to his own home (Judges 9:26 - 46 ). We hear no more of him after this battle.

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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names

contempt; abomination

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

(contempt)

son of Ebed, aided the Shechemites in their rebellion against Abimelech. ( Judges 9:1 ) ... (B.C. 1206.)

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ga'-al (ga'al, "rejection," or "loathing"; according to Wellhausen, "beetle," HPN, 110):

A man of whose antecedents nothing is known, except that his father's name was Ebed. He undertook to foment and lead a rebellion on the part of the inhabitants of Shechem against Abimelech, son of Gideon, and his rebellion failed (Judges 9:26 - 45).

See also ABIMELECH.

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