Dict: easton - Goel

Goel @ in Hebrew the participle of the verb gaal, "to redeem." It is rendered in the Authorized Version "kinsman," kjv@Numbers:5:8; kjv@Ruth:3:12 kjv@Ruth:4:1 kjv@Ruth:4:6-8; "redeemer," kjv@Job:19:25; "avenger," kjv@Numbers:35:12; kjv@Deuteronomy:19:6, etc. The Jewish law gave the right of redeeming and repurchasing, as well as of avenging blood, to the next relative, who was accordingly called by this name. (
See REDEEMER