גָּדוֹל
great
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”).
Form
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 302 times (57%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 133 times (25%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Plural, Absolute 42 times (8%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 36 times (7%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Singular, Construct 11 times (2%)
- Adjective, Adjective, Masculine, Plural, Construct 4 times (1%)
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Absolute 2 times (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 530 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 1 of 3 — showing verses 1–200 of 499 distinct verses where H1419 appears, across 35 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 31 verses
- Genesis 1:16 הַ/גְּדֹלִ֑ים הַ/גָּדֹל֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
- Genesis 1:21 הַ/גְּדֹלִ֑ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 4:13 גָּד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- Genesis 10:12 הַ/גְּדֹלָֽה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
- Genesis 10:21 הַ/גָּדֽוֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
- Genesis 12:2 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
- Genesis 12:17 גְּדֹלִ֖ים adj Adjective mp Yahweh plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
- Genesis 15:12 גְדֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
- Genesis 15:14 גָּדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great substance.
- Genesis 15:18 הַ/גָּדֹ֖ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Genesis 17:20 גָּדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
- Genesis 18:18 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms seeing that Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
- Genesis 19:11 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
- Genesis 20:9 גְדֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
- Genesis 21:8 גָד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
- Genesis 21:18 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation."
- Genesis 27:1 הַ/גָּדֹ֗ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."
- Genesis 27:15 הַ/גָּדֹל֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.
- Genesis 27:33 גְּדֹלָ֣ה adj Adjective fs Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
- Genesis 27:34 גְּדֹלָ֥ה adj Adjective fs When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, my father."
- Genesis 27:42 הַ/גָּדֹ֑ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms The words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah. She sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.
- Genesis 29:2 גְּדֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs He looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, behold, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. The stone on the well's mouth was great.
- Genesis 29:7 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms He said, "Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the cattle together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them."
- Genesis 29:16 הַ/גְּדֹלָה֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
- Genesis 39:9 גָד֜וֹל הַ/גְּדֹלָה֙ adj Adjective ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"
- Genesis 39:14 גָּדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, "Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
- Genesis 41:29 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 44:12 בַּ/גָּד֣וֹל prep det + Adjective Adjective ms He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
- Genesis 45:7 גְּדֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
- Genesis 46:3 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down into Egypt; for there I will make of you a great nation.
- Genesis 50:10 גָּד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
Exodus 15 verses
- Exodus 3:3 הַ/גָּדֹ֖ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
- Exodus 6:6 גְּדֹלִֽים adj Adjective mp Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
- Exodus 7:4 גְּדֹלִֽים adj Adjective mp But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
- Exodus 11:3 גָּד֤וֹל adj Adjective ms Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
- Exodus 11:6 גְדֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor shall be any more.
- Exodus 12:30 גְדֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
- Exodus 14:31 הַ/גְּדֹלָ֗ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh, and in his servant Moses.
- Exodus 15:16 בִּ/גְדֹ֥ל prep + Adjective Adjective ms cs Terror and dread falls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone; Until your people pass over, Yahweh, Until the people pass over who you have purchased.
- Exodus 18:11 גָד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."
- Exodus 18:22 הַ/גָּדֹל֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.
- Exodus 32:10 גָּדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation."
- Exodus 32:11 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
- Exodus 32:21 גְדֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?"
- Exodus 32:30 גְדֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs It happened on the next day, that Moses said to the people, "You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin."
- Exodus 32:31 גְדֹלָ֔ה adj Adjective fs Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
Leviticus 2 verses
- Leviticus 19:15 גָד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
- Leviticus 21:10 הַ/גָּד֨וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms "'He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor tear his clothes;
Numbers 7 verses
- Numbers 13:28 גְּדֹלֹת֙ adj Adjective fp However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
- Numbers 14:12 גָּד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.
- Numbers 22:18 גְדוֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs Balaam answered the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
- Numbers 34:6 הַ/גָּד֖וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms For the western border, you shall have the great sea and the border [of it]: this shall be your west border.
- Numbers 34:7 הַ/גָּדֹ֔ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for you Mount Hor;
- Numbers 35:25 הַ/גָּדֹ֔ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
- Numbers 35:28 הַ/גָּדֹ֑ל הַ/גָּדֹ֔ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.
Deuteronomy 41 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:7 הַ/גָּדֹ֖ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and to all [the places] near thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
- Deuteronomy 1:17 כַּ/גָּדֹל֙ prep det + Adjective Adjective ms You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.
- Deuteronomy 1:19 הַ/גָּדוֹל֩ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms We traveled from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
- Deuteronomy 1:28 גָּד֤וֹל גְּדֹלֹ֥ת adj Adjective ms adj Adjective fp Where are we going up? our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to the sky; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
- Deuteronomy 2:7 הַ/גָּדֹ֖ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has known your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Yahweh your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.
- Deuteronomy 2:10 גָּד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms (The Emim lived therein before, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:
- Deuteronomy 2:21 גָּד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Yahweh destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and lived in their place;
- Deuteronomy 4:6 הַ/גָּד֖וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
- Deuteronomy 4:7 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
- Deuteronomy 4:8 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
- Deuteronomy 4:32 הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?
- Deuteronomy 4:34 גְּדֹלִ֑ים adj Adjective mp Or has God tried to go and take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Deuteronomy 4:36 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֔ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and on earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
- Deuteronomy 4:37 הַ/גָּדֹ֖ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
- Deuteronomy 4:38 גְּדֹלִ֧ים adj Adjective mp to drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 5:22 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. He wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
- Deuteronomy 5:25 הַ/גְּדֹלָ֖ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more, then we shall die.
- Deuteronomy 6:10 גְּדֹלֹ֥ת adj Adjective fp It shall be, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn't build,
- Deuteronomy 6:22 גְּדֹלִ֨ים adj Adjective mp and Yahweh shown signs and wonders, great and sore, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his house, before our eyes;
- Deuteronomy 7:19 הַ/גְּדֹלֹ֜ת ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fp the great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which Yahweh your God brought you out: so shall Yahweh your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.
- Deuteronomy 7:21 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is in the midst of you, a great and awesome God.
- Deuteronomy 7:23 גְדֹלָ֔ה adj Adjective fs But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 8:15 הַ/גָּדֹ֣ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, [in which were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;
- Deuteronomy 9:1 גְּדֹלִ֥ים גְּדֹלֹ֥ת adj Adjective mp adj Adjective fp Hear, Israel: you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,
- Deuteronomy 9:2 גָּד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?
- Deuteronomy 9:29 הַ/גָּדֹ֔ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.
- Deuteronomy 10:17 הַ/גָּדֹ֤ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn't regard persons, nor takes reward.
- Deuteronomy 10:21 הַ/גְּדֹלֹ֤ת ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fp He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things, which your eyes have seen.
- Deuteronomy 11:7 הַ/גָּדֹ֑ל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms but your eyes have seen all the great work of Yahweh which he did.
- Deuteronomy 11:23 גְּדֹלִ֥ים adj Adjective mp then will Yahweh drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
- Deuteronomy 18:16 הַ/גְּדֹלָ֥ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die.
- Deuteronomy 25:13 גְּדוֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
- Deuteronomy 25:14 גְּדוֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs You shall not have in your house diverse measures, a great and a small.
- Deuteronomy 26:5 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
- Deuteronomy 26:8 גָּדֹ֑ל adj Adjective ms and Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror, and with signs, and with wonders;
- Deuteronomy 27:2 גְּדֹל֔וֹת adj Adjective fp It shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Jordan to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, that you shall set yourself up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:
- Deuteronomy 28:59 גְּדֹלוֹת֙ adj Adjective fp then Yahweh will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
- Deuteronomy 29:3 הַ/גְּדֹלֹ֔ת הַ/גְּדֹלִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fp ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders:
- Deuteronomy 29:24 הַ/גָּד֖וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms even all the nations shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?
- Deuteronomy 29:28 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms and Yahweh rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 34:12 הַ/גָּד֑וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses worked in the sight of all Israel.
Joshua 24 verses
- Joshua 1:4 הַ/גָּד֣וֹל הַ/גָּד֖וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
- Joshua 6:5 גְדוֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.
- Joshua 6:20 גְדוֹלָ֔ה adj Adjective fs So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew the trumpets; and it happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
- Joshua 7:9 הַ/גָּדֽוֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name?
- Joshua 7:26 גָּד֗וֹל adj Adjective ms They raised over him a great heap of stones, to this day; and Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called "The valley of Achor" to this day.
- Joshua 8:29 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms The king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, to this day.
- Joshua 9:1 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms It happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it;
- Joshua 10:2 גְּדוֹלָה֙ גְדוֹלָה֙ adj Adjective fs adj Adjective fs that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men of it were mighty.
- Joshua 10:10 גְדוֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs Yahweh confused them before Israel, and he killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah, and to Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:11 גְּדֹל֧וֹת adj Adjective fp It happened, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, that Yahweh cast down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.
- Joshua 10:18 גְּדֹל֖וֹת adj Adjective fp Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:
- Joshua 10:20 גְדוֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs It happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of killing them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
- Joshua 10:27 גְּדֹלוֹת֙ adj Adjective fp It happened at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, to this very day.
- Joshua 14:12 גְּדֹל֣וֹת adj Adjective fp Now therefore give me this hill-country, of which Yahweh spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh spoke.
- Joshua 14:15 הַ/גָּד֛וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba; [which Arba was] the greatest man among the Anakim. The land had rest from war.
- Joshua 15:12 הַ/גָּד֖וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms The west border was to the great sea, and the border [of it]. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
- Joshua 15:47 הַ/גָּד֖וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [of it].
- Joshua 17:17 גָּדוֹל֙ adj Adjective ms Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people, and have great power; you shall not have one lot only:
- Joshua 20:6 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms He shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he fled.
- Joshua 22:10 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look on.
- Joshua 23:4 הַ/גָּד֖וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
- Joshua 23:9 גְּדֹלִ֣ים adj Adjective mp For Yahweh has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
- Joshua 24:17 הַ/גְּדֹלוֹת֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fp for Yahweh our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed;
- Joshua 24:26 גְּדוֹלָ֔ה adj Adjective fs Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
Judges 12 verses
- Judges 2:7 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.
- Judges 5:15 גְּדֹלִ֖ים adj Adjective mp The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben There were great resolves of heart.
- Judges 5:16 גְּדוֹלִ֖ים adj Adjective mp Why sat you among the sheepfolds, To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.
- Judges 11:33 גְּדוֹלָ֣ה adj Adjective fs He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
- Judges 15:8 גְדוֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
- Judges 15:18 הַ/גְּדֹלָ֖ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh, and said, You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised.
- Judges 16:5 גָד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will each give you of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
- Judges 16:6 גָד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, Please, in which your great strength lies, and with which you might be bound to afflict you.
- Judges 16:15 גָדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms She said to him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? you have mocked me these three times, and have not told me in which your great strength lies.
- Judges 16:23 גָּד֛וֹל adj Adjective ms The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
- Judges 21:2 גָדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.
- Judges 21:5 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֜ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs The children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn't come up in the assembly to Yahweh? For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
1 Samuel 34 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:17 גְּדוֹלָ֥ה adj Adjective fs The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised the offering of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 4:5 גְדוֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
- 1 Samuel 4:6 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֛ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What means the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? They understood that the ark of Yahweh was come into the camp.
- 1 Samuel 4:10 גְּדוֹלָ֣ה adj Adjective fs The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
- 1 Samuel 4:17 גְדוֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
- 1 Samuel 5:9 גְּדוֹלָ֣ה גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective fs adj Adjective ms It was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand of Yahweh was against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them.
- 1 Samuel 6:9 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֖ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs Behold; if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a chance that happened to us."
- 1 Samuel 6:14 גְּדוֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs The cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered up the cattle for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 6:15 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֑ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs The Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 6:18 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֗ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of Yahweh, [which stone remains] to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.
- 1 Samuel 6:19 גְדוֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs He struck of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.
- 1 Samuel 7:10 גָּ֠דוֹל adj Adjective ms As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.
- 1 Samuel 12:16 הַ/גָּד֖וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.
- 1 Samuel 12:22 הַ/גָּד֑וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people to himself.
- 1 Samuel 14:20 גְּדוֹלָ֥ה adj Adjective fs Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, [and there was] a very great confusion.
- 1 Samuel 14:33 גְּדוֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Yahweh, in that they eat with the blood. He said, you have dealt treacherously: roll a great stone to me this day.
- 1 Samuel 14:45 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֣ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs The people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he didn't die.
- 1 Samuel 17:13 הַ/גְּדֹלִ֔ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp The three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
- 1 Samuel 17:14 הַ/גְּדֹלִ֔ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
- 1 Samuel 17:25 גָּד֗וֹל adj Adjective ms The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 17:28 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why are you come down? and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.
- 1 Samuel 18:17 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֤ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you as wife: only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's battles. For Saul said, Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.
- 1 Samuel 19:5 גְדוֹלָה֙ adj Adjective fs for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
- 1 Samuel 19:8 גְדוֹלָ֔ה adj Adjective fs There was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.
- 1 Samuel 19:22 הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? One said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 20:2 גָּד֗וֹל adj Adjective ms He said to him, "Far from it; you shall not die: behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so."
- 1 Samuel 22:15 גָדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: don't let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.
- 1 Samuel 23:5 גְדוֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
- 1 Samuel 25:2 גָּד֣וֹל adj Adjective ms There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
- 1 Samuel 25:36 וְ/גָד֖וֹל conj + Adjective Adjective ms Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
- 1 Samuel 28:12 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? for you are Saul.
- 1 Samuel 30:2 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms and had taken captive the women [and all] who were therein, both small and great: they didn't kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.
- 1 Samuel 30:16 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
- 1 Samuel 30:19 הַ/גָּד֜וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them: David brought back all.
2 Samuel 16 verses
- 2 Samuel 3:38 וְ/גָד֗וֹל conj + Adjective Adjective ms The king said to his servants, "Don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
- 2 Samuel 5:10 וְ/גָד֑וֹל conj + Qal inf.abs David grew greater and greater; for Yahweh, the God of hosts, was with him.
- 2 Samuel 7:9 גָּד֔וֹל הַ/גְּדֹלִ֖ים adj Adjective ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
- 2 Samuel 13:15 גְּדוֹלָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֗ה adj Adjective fs adj Adjective fs Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone.
- 2 Samuel 13:16 הַ/גְּדוֹלָה֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs She said to him, Not so, because this great wrong in putting me forth is [worse] than the other that you did to me. But he would not listen to her.
- 2 Samuel 13:36 גָּד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms It happened, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
- 2 Samuel 15:23 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
- 2 Samuel 18:7 גְדוֹלָ֛ה adj Adjective fs The people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 18:9 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֜ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
- 2 Samuel 18:17 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל גָּד֣וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms adj Adjective ms They took Absalom, and cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled everyone to his tent.
- 2 Samuel 18:29 הַ/גָּד֜וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms The king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, even me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don't know what it was.
- 2 Samuel 19:4 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, my son Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son!
- 2 Samuel 19:32 גָּד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
- 2 Samuel 20:8 הַ/גְּדוֹלָה֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a sash with a sword fastened on his loins in the sheath of it; and as he went forth it fell out.
- 2 Samuel 23:10 גְדוֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs He arose, and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and Yahweh worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take spoil.
- 2 Samuel 23:12 גְדוֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh worked a great victory.
1 Kings 21 verses
- 1 Kings 1:40 גְדוֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs All the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth shook with the sound of them.
- 1 Kings 2:22 הַ/גָּד֣וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms King Solomon answered his mother, Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
- 1 Kings 3:4 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֑ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer on that altar.
- 1 Kings 3:6 גָּדוֹל֒ הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ adj Adjective ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 4:13 גְּדֹל֔וֹת adj Adjective fp Ben Geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him [pertained] the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; [even] to him [pertained] the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brazen bars);
- 1 Kings 5:17 גְּדֹל֜וֹת adj Adjective fp The king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
- 1 Kings 7:9 הַ/גְּדוֹלָֽה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.
- 1 Kings 7:10 גְּדֹל֑וֹת adj Adjective fp The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:12 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֜ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs The great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and the porch of the house.
- 1 Kings 8:42 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms (for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;
- 1 Kings 8:55 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
- 1 Kings 8:65 גָּד֜וֹל adj Adjective ms So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
- 1 Kings 10:18 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
- 1 Kings 18:27 גָּדוֹל֙ adj Adjective ms It happened at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleeps and must be awakened.
- 1 Kings 18:28 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms They cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.
- 1 Kings 18:45 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:
- 1 Kings 19:11 גְּדוֹלָ֡ה adj Adjective fs He said, Go forth, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh. Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake:
- 1 Kings 20:13 הַ/גָּד֖וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
About this entry
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“great” is the headline sense of the Hebrew word גדול (gâdôwl). Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 499 verses — common. First canonically at Genesis 1:16, it enters the text early. It shares a root with גדל, גדל and גדל. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H1419 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 499
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 499 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #93
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 93 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 499 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Jeremiah 47 verses 9%
- Deuteronomy 41 verses 8%
- 1 Samuel 34 verses 7%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 499 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 269 verses · 54%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 134 verses · 27%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 96 verses · 19%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Great 284×, High 20×, Loud 19×
- American Standard Version†: Great 263×, High 19×, Loud 18×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Great 230×, Large 27×, High 20×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Great 371×, Is great 14×, Large 13×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1419 across 525† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 87 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1419 across 524† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 111 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1419 across 501† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 75 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 22 further occurrences.
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Renders H1419 across 524† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 36 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
13 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 13 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
גדול I great
- 1. in magnitude and extent, e.g. sea Nu 34:6, river Gn 15:18, wilderness Dt 1:19, rain 1 K 18:45, mountain Zc 4:7, city Gn 10:12, house Je 52:13, altar Jos 22:10, throne 2 Ch 9:17, sea-monsters Gn 1:21, fish Jon 2:1, eagle Ez 17:3, terebinth 2 S 18:9, substance Gn 15:14, wealth Dn 11:2, victory 1 S 19:5; 1 S 19:22 בּוֹר הַגָּדוֹל read ב׳ הַגֹּרֶן according to 𝔊 We Dr. e.g. Numbers 34:6
- 2. in number, e.g. nation Gn 12:2, congregation Je 31:8, camp 1 Ch 12:22, army Ez 17:17, sacrifice 2 K 10:19. slaughter Dt 28:59 1 S 4:17. e.g. Genesis 12:2
- 3. in intensity, fear Dt 4:34, weeping Is 38:3, power כּחַ Ex 32:11, joy Jon 4:6, anger Dt 29:23, indignation Je 21:5, sin Gn 20:9, iniquity Gn 4:13, evil Gn 39:9, trespass Ez 9:7. e.g. Deuteronomy 4:34
- 4. in sound, loud voice Gn 39:14, cry Ex 11:6, shout Jos 6:5. e.g. Genesis 39:14
- 5. in age, elder, eldest, son Gn 27:1, daughter Gn 29:16, brother Gn 10:21, sister Ez 16:46. e.g. Genesis 27:1
- 6. in importance,
- a. things †(הַ)דָּבָר (הַ)גָּדֹל an important thing or affair Ex 18:22 Dt 4:32 1 S 12:16 2 K 5:13; 8:13; יום יהוה Je 30:7 Ho 2:2 Jo 2:11; 3:4 Zp 1:14 Mal 3:23. e.g. Exodus 18:22
- b. of men, great, distinguished, Moses Ex 11:3, David 2 S 5:10, Job Jb 1:3, Mordecai Est 9:4, kings Ec 9:14 Je 27:7; especially of king of Assyrian הַמֶּלֶךְ הַגָּדוֹל 2 K 18:19, 28 = Is 36:4, 13, = Assyrian šarru rabbu, šarru dannu, e.g. KB i. 94, 1. 1; הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל the h. p. Lv 21:10 + 20 times; (הָ)אִישׁ גָּדוֹל 1 S 25:2 2 S 19:33 2 K 5:1; אִשָּׁה גְדוֹלָה 2 K 4:8; †גָּדוֹל a great man 2 S 3:38 Mi 7:3; לֹא תֶהְדַּר פְּנֵי גָדוֹל thou shalt not honour (favour) the person of a great man (opp. דָּל) Lv 19:15 (H); †(הַ)גְּדוֹלִים the great 2 S 7:9 = 1 Ch 17:8 Ne 11:14 (vid. infr.) Pr 18:16; 25:6 Je 5:5 (2 K 10:11 𝔊L ἀγχιστεύοντας, Klo גֹּאֲלָיו); further גְּדֹלֵי הָעִיר 2 K 10:6; (כָּל־)גְּדֹלָיו 2 K 10:11; Jon 3:7; כָּל־גְּדוֹלֶיהָ Na 3:10. e.g. Exodus 11:3
- c. †of God, himself 2 Ch 2:4 Ne 4:8; 8:6 ψ 86:10; 99:2; 135:5; 147:5 Is 12:6 Je 10:6; (הָ)אֵל (הַ)גָּדוֹל Dt 7:21; 10:17 Ne 1:5; 9:32 ψ 77:14; 95:3 Je 32:18 Dn 9:4; גדול מכל האלהים Ex 18:11; גדול ומהלל מאד 1 Ch 16:25 ψ 48:2; 96:4; 145:3; מלך גדול ψ 47:3; 95:3 Mal 1:14; †his works Dt 11:7 Ju 2:7 ψ 111:2, †glory ψ 21:6; 138:5, †name Jos 7:9 1 S 12:22 1 K 8:42 2 Ch 6:32 ψ 76:2; 99:3 Je 10:6; 44:26 Ez 36:23 Mal 1:11(×2), mercy 1 K 3:6 2 Ch 1:8 ψ 57:11; 86:13; 108:5, goodness Ne 9:25, compassion Is 54:7. e.g. 2 Chronicles 2:4
- 7. in phrases †עוֹד הַיּוֹם גָּדוֹל it is yet high day (Fr. grand jour, Germ. hoch am Tage, the day is at its height) Gn 29:7; †כַּקָּטֹן כַּגָּדֹל (or reverse) as well small as great Dt 1:17 1 Ch 25:8; 26:13 2 Ch 31:15; †(לְ)מִקָּטֹן וְעַד גָּדוֹל (or reverse) from small to great Gn 19:11 1 S 5:9; 30:2, 19 2 K 23:2; 25:26 2 Ch 15:13; 34:30 Est 1:5, 20 Je 6:13; 8:10; 31:34; 42:1, 8; 44:12 Jon 3:5. e.g. Genesis 29:7
- 8. cstr. גְּדֹל (הַ)כְּנָפַיִם great of wings Ez 17:3, 7, so of anger Pr 19:19 (Qr); usually of God, in power Na 1:3, counsel, Je 32:19, mercy ψ 145:8. e.g. Ezekiel 17:3
- 9. as subst. concr. †עשׂה גדלות do great things, of God’s great acts of redemption and judgment Dt 10:21 Jb 5:9; 9:10; 37:5 ψ 71:19; 106:21; of the miracles of Elisha 2 K 8:4; of things too great and so presumptuous, haughty תבקשׁ ג׳ Je 45:5; מדברת ג׳ ψ 12:4; לא הלכתי בג׳ ψ 131:1 (cf. Biblical Aramaic Dn 7:8, 11, 20; also Rev 13:5). e.g. Deuteronomy 10:21
- 10. †as subst. neut. greatness of arm Ex 15:16; cf. גָּבֹהַּ 4. e.g. Exodus 15:16
גדול II m. father of Zabdiel Ne 11
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. adj. great—ג׳ Gn 4:13 + 279 times; גָּדֹל Dt 26:8 + 22 times; cstr. גְּדוֹל Ex 15:16 belongs rather sub גֹּ֫דֶל Ez 17:3, 7, גְּדֹל Ex 15:16 Je 32:19, גְּדָל־ Pr 19:19, גְּדָו֯ל־ ψ 145:8 Na 1:3; sf. גְּדוֹלָם Je 6:13 + 2 times; pl. גְּדוֹלִים Ex 7:4 + 11 times, גְּדֹלִים Gn 12:17 + 22 times; cstr. גְּדֹלֵי ψ 79:11 2 K 10:6; sf. גְּדֹלָיו 2 K 10:11 Jon 3:7; גְּדוֹלָיהָ Na 3:10; f. גְּדוֹלָה Nu 22:18 + 96 times; גְּדֹלָה Gn 15:12 + 31 times; pl. גְּדוֹלֹת Ne 9:26; 12:31, גְּדֹלוֹת Dt 27:2 + 30 times, גְּדֹלֹת Nu 13:28 + 7 times;—great,
I. n.pr.m. father of Zabdiel Ne 11:14 (RV & so most; but 𝔊 RVm al. the great).
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from גדל (gâdal) (H1431) — to grow.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
גָּדוֹל
- 1. great, distinguished; (noun) a great man, leader. Sabb. 94ᵇ, a. fr. ג׳ כבוד הבריות וכ׳ human dignity is something great, for it overrules a prohibitive law &c. Ned. 49ᵇ ג׳ מלאכה וכ׳ labor is something great, for it honors him who pursues it.—Sot. I, 9 ג׳ ממנו his superior. Gen. R. s. 100 גְּדוֹל העולמים the Great One of the worlds, the Lord.—Snh. 21ᵇ גְּ׳ העולם a world-renowned man (Solomon). M. Kat. 22ᵃ גְּ׳ הדור a prominent man of his days. Y. ib. III, 82ᶜ top גְּ׳ המשפחה the chief of the family; a. v. fr.
- 2. adult, of age, older. Yeb. II, 8 בג׳ on the eldest brother. Ib. XIII, 11 ג׳ וקטנה if one of the brother’s widows is of age, and the other a minor; a. fr.—כהן גדול (abbr. כ"ג) Highpriest. Ib. IX, 1; a. fr.—Pl. גְּדוֹלִים, גְּדוֹלִין; גְּדוֹלוֹת. Koh. R. to VII, 8 גְּדוֹלֵי הדור scholars, v. supra; ג׳ ירושלים prominent citizens of Jerusalem.—Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ ג׳ רומי Roman dignitaries; a. fr.—Ber. 23ᵇ, a. e. גדולים (sub. נקבים) the larger functions of the body, movement of the bowels; v. דַּק.
גִּדּוּל
- , v. גִּידּוּל
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 185 distinct written forms H1419 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 125 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1419, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- גדל gâdêl H1432 growing up
- גדל gôdel H1433 greatness
- גדל gᵉdil H1434 tassels
- מגדל migdâl H4026 tower
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- גדל Giddêl H1435 Giddel
- גדליה Gᵉdalyâh H1436 Gedaliah
- גדלתי Giddaltîy H1437 Giddalti
- יגדליהו Yigdalyâhûw H3012 Igdaliah
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 11 — not the complete family. 4 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 454 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 499 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:16
- Exodus 3:3
- Leviticus 19:15
- Numbers 13:28
- Deuteronomy 1:7
- Joshua 1:4
- Judges 2:7
- 1 Samuel 2:17
- 2 Samuel 3:38
- 1 Kings 1:40
- 2 Kings 3:27
- 1 Chronicles 11:9
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
