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 2 of 3 — showing verses 201–400 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.
1 Kings 21 verses
- 1 Kings 20:21 גְדוֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
- 1 Kings 20:28 הַ/גָּ֤דוֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Because the Syrians have said, Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 22:31 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
2 Kings 28 verses
- 2 Kings 3:27 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
- 2 Kings 4:8 גְדוֹלָ֔ה adj Adjective fs It fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
- 2 Kings 4:38 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֔ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.
- 2 Kings 5:1 גָּד֨וֹל adj Adjective ms Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.
- 2 Kings 5:13 גָּד֗וֹל adj Adjective ms His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid you do some great thing, wouldn't you have done it? how much rather then, when he says to you, Wash, and be clean?
- 2 Kings 6:23 גְדוֹלָ֗ה adj Adjective fs He prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. The bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
- 2 Kings 6:25 גָּדוֹל֙ adj Adjective ms There was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five [pieces] of silver.
- 2 Kings 7:6 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.
- 2 Kings 8:4 הַ/גְּדֹל֖וֹת ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fp Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.
- 2 Kings 8:13 הַ/גָּד֖וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Hazael said, But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? Elisha answered, Yahweh has shown me that you shall be king over Syria.
- 2 Kings 10:6 גְּדֹלֵ֥י adj Adjective mp cs Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you be on my side, and if you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.
- 2 Kings 10:11 גְּדֹלָ֖י/ו adj Adjective mp cs + sfx pers 3ms So Jehu struck all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
- 2 Kings 10:19 גָּד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice [to do] to Baal; whoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
- 2 Kings 12:10 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms It was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 16:15 הַ/גָּד֡וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
- 2 Kings 17:21 גְדוֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs For he tore Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Yahweh, and made them sin a great sin.
- 2 Kings 17:36 גָּד֛וֹל adj Adjective ms but Yahweh, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall you fear, and to him shall you bow yourselves, and to him shall you sacrifice:
- 2 Kings 18:19 הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which you trust?
- 2 Kings 18:28 גָּד֖וֹל הַ/גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spoke, saying, Hear you the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 20:3 גָדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. Hezekiah wept sore.
- 2 Kings 22:4 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of Yahweh, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people:
- 2 Kings 22:8 הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh. Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
- 2 Kings 22:13 גְדוֹלָ֞ה adj Adjective fs Go you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us.
- 2 Kings 23:2 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 23:4 הַ/גָּד֜וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of the sky, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.
- 2 Kings 23:26 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn't turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.
- 2 Kings 25:9 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms He burnt the house of Yahweh, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.
- 2 Kings 25:26 גָּדוֹל֙ adj Adjective ms All the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
1 Chronicles 12 verses
- 1 Chronicles 11:9 וְ/גָד֑וֹל conj + Qal inf.abs David grew greater and greater; for Yahweh of Hosts was with him.
- 1 Chronicles 11:14 גְדוֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs They stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh saved them by a great victory.
- 1 Chronicles 12:14 וְ/הַ/גָּד֖וֹל conj + ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 12:22 גָד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.
- 1 Chronicles 16:25 גָד֨וֹל adj Adjective ms For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.
- 1 Chronicles 17:8 הַ/גְּדוֹלִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp and I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 22:8 גְּדֹל֖וֹת adj Adjective fp But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.
- 1 Chronicles 25:8 כַּ/גָּד֔וֹל prep det + Adjective Adjective ms They cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
- 1 Chronicles 26:13 כַּ/גָּד֛וֹל prep det + Adjective Adjective ms They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.
- 1 Chronicles 29:1 גְדוֹלָ֔ה adj Adjective fs David the king said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.
- 1 Chronicles 29:9 גְדוֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
- 1 Chronicles 29:22 גְדוֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs and ate and drink before Yahweh on that day with great gladness. They made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to Yahweh to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.
2 Chronicles 25 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:8 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms Solomon said to God, You have shown great loving kindness to David my father, and have made me king in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 1:10 הַ/גָּדֽוֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this your people, that is so great?
- 2 Chronicles 2:5 גָּד֑וֹל גָד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms adj Adjective ms The house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.
- 2 Chronicles 2:9 גָּד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
- 2 Chronicles 3:5 הַ/גָּד֗וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms The greater house he made a ceiling with fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and worked thereon palm trees and chains.
- 2 Chronicles 4:9 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֑ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
- 2 Chronicles 6:32 הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:
- 2 Chronicles 7:8 גָּד֣וֹל adj Adjective ms So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 9:17 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
- 2 Chronicles 15:13 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
- 2 Chronicles 15:14 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
- 2 Chronicles 16:14 גְּדוֹלָ֥ה adj Adjective fs They buried him in his own tombs, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' are: and they made a very great burning for him.
- 2 Chronicles 18:30 הַ/גָּד֑וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 20:19 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms The Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.
- 2 Chronicles 21:14 גְדוֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs behold, Yahweh will strike with a great plague your people, and your children, and your wives, and all your substance;
- 2 Chronicles 26:15 גְּדֹל֑וֹת adj Adjective fp He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until he was strong.
- 2 Chronicles 28:5 גְדוֹלָ֔ה גְדוֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs adj Adjective fs Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they struck him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.
- 2 Chronicles 30:21 גְדוֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs The children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day by day, [singing] with loud instruments to Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 30:26 גְדוֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs So there was great joy in Jerusalem; for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 31:15 כַּ/גָּד֖וֹל prep det + Adjective Adjective ms Under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions, as well to the great as to the small:
- 2 Chronicles 32:18 גָּד֜וֹל adj Adjective ms They cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
- 2 Chronicles 34:9 הַ/גָּד֗וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms They came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:21 גְדוֹלָ֤ה adj Adjective fs Go you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Yahweh, to do according to all that is written in this book.
- 2 Chronicles 34:30 מִ/גָּד֣וֹל prep + Adjective Adjective ms The king went up to the house of Yahweh, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 36:18 הַ/גְּדֹלִ֣ים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp All the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.
Ezra 6 verses
- Ezra 3:11 גְדוֹלָ֤ה adj Adjective fs They sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, [saying], For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel. All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid.
- Ezra 3:12 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' [houses], the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
- Ezra 3:13 גְדוֹלָ֔ה adj Adjective fs so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
- Ezra 9:7 גְדֹלָ֔ה adj Adjective fs Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
- Ezra 9:13 הַ/גְּדֹלָ֑ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs After all that is come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that you our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,
- Ezra 10:12 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, As you have said concerning us, so must we do.
Nehemiah 27 verses
- Nehemiah 1:3 גְדֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs They said to me, The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates of it are burned with fire.
- Nehemiah 1:5 הַ/גָּד֖וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms and said, I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
- Nehemiah 1:10 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
- Nehemiah 2:10 גְדֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
- Nehemiah 3:1 הַ/גָּד֜וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 3:20 הַ/גָּדֽוֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning [of the wall] to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
- Nehemiah 3:27 הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.
- Nehemiah 4:14 הַ/גָּד֤וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
- Nehemiah 5:1 גְּדוֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
- Nehemiah 5:7 גְדוֹלָֽה adj Adjective fs Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. I held a great assembly against them.
- Nehemiah 6:3 גְדוֹלָה֙ adj Adjective fs I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I can't come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?
- Nehemiah 7:4 וּ/גְדוֹלָ֔ה conj + Adjective Adjective fs Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
- Nehemiah 8:6 הַ/גָּד֑וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms and Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.
- Nehemiah 8:12 גְדוֹלָ֑ה adj Adjective fs All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
- Nehemiah 8:17 גְּדוֹלָ֥ה adj Adjective fs All the assembly of those who were come again out of the captivity made booths, and lived in the booths; for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the children of Israel had not done so. There was very great gladness.
- Nehemiah 9:4 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms Then stood up on the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.
- Nehemiah 9:18 גְּדֹלֽוֹת adj Adjective fp Yes, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt, and had committed awful blasphemies;
- Nehemiah 9:25 הַ/גָּדֽוֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms They took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
- Nehemiah 9:26 גְּדוֹלֹֽת adj Adjective fp Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
- Nehemiah 9:32 הַ/גָּד֜וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keep covenant and loving kindness, don't let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
- Nehemiah 9:37 גְדוֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
- Nehemiah 11:14 הַ/גְּדוֹלִֽים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
- Nehemiah 12:31 גְּדוֹלֹ֨ת adj Adjective fp Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and appointed two great companies who gave thanks and went in procession. [One went] on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate;
- Nehemiah 12:43 גְּדוֹלִ֜ים גְדוֹלָ֔ה adj Adjective mp adj Adjective fs They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
- Nehemiah 13:5 גְדוֹלָ֗ה adj Adjective fs had prepared for him a great chamber, where before they laid the meal-offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the heave-offerings for the priests.
- Nehemiah 13:27 הַ/גְּדוֹלָה֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
- Nehemiah 13:28 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
Esther 8 verses
- Esther 1:5 לְ/מִ/גָּ֧דוֹל prep + prep + Adjective Adjective ms When these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast to all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
- Esther 1:20 לְ/מִ/גָּד֖וֹל prep + prep + Adjective Adjective ms When the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.
- Esther 2:18 גָד֗וֹל adj Adjective ms Then the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.
- Esther 4:1 גְדֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
- Esther 4:3 גָּדוֹל֙ adj Adjective ms In every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
- Esther 8:15 גְּדוֹלָ֔ה adj Adjective fs Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.
- Esther 9:4 גָ֤דוֹל וְ/גָדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms conj + Adjective Adjective ms For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.
- Esther 10:3 וְ/גָדוֹל֙ conj + Adjective Adjective ms For Mordecai the Jew was next to king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Job 6 verses
- Job 1:3 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
- Job 1:19 גְּדוֹלָ֜ה adj Adjective fs and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 3:19 וְ֭/גָדוֹל conj + Adjective Adjective ms The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.
- Job 5:9 גְ֭דֹלוֹת adj Adjective fp Who does great things that can't be fathomed, Marvelous things without number;
- Job 9:10 גְ֭דֹלוֹת adj Adjective fp Who does great things past finding out, Yes, marvelous things without number.
- Job 37:5 גְ֝דֹל֗וֹת adj Adjective fp God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can't comprehend.
Psalms 28 verses
- Psalms 12:3 גְּדֹלֽוֹת adj Adjective fp May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,
- Psalms 21:5 גָּד֣וֹל adj Adjective ms His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.
- Psalms 47:2 גָּ֝דוֹל adj Adjective ms For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.
- Psalms 48:1 גָּ֘ד֤וֹל adj Adjective ms Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
- Psalms 57:10 גָדֹ֣ל adj Adjective ms For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, And your truth to the skies.
- Psalms 71:19 גְדֹל֑וֹת adj Adjective fp Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; You have done great things. God, who is like you?
- Psalms 76:1 גָּד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.
- Psalms 77:13 גָּ֝ד֗וֹל adj Adjective ms Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God?
- Psalms 86:10 גָד֣וֹל adj Adjective ms For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.
- Psalms 86:13 גָּד֣וֹל adj Adjective ms For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
- Psalms 95:3 גָּד֣וֹל גָּ֝ד֗וֹל adj Adjective ms adj Adjective ms For Yahweh is a great God, A great King above all gods.
- Psalms 96:4 גָ֘ד֤וֹל adj Adjective ms For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 99:2 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms Yahweh is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.
- Psalms 99:3 גָּד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!
- Psalms 104:25 גָּדוֹל֮ גְּדֹלֽוֹת adj Adjective ms adj Adjective fp There is the sea, great and wide, In which are innumerable living things, Both small and large animals.
- Psalms 106:21 גְדֹל֣וֹת adj Adjective fp They forgot God, their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
- Psalms 108:4 גָד֣וֹל adj Adjective ms For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- Psalms 111:2 גְּ֭דֹלִים adj Adjective mp Yahweh's works are great, Pondered by all those who delight in them.
- Psalms 115:13 הַ/גְּדֹלִֽים ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp He will bless those who fear Yahweh, Both small and great.
- Psalms 131:1 בִּ/גְדֹל֖וֹת prep + Adjective Adjective fp Yahweh, my heart isn't haughty, nor my eyes lofty; Nor do I concern myself with great matters, Or things too wonderful for me.
- Psalms 135:5 גָד֣וֹל adj Adjective ms For I know that Yahweh is great, That our Lord is above all gods.
- Psalms 136:4 גְּדֹל֣וֹת adj Adjective fp To him who alone does great wonders; For his loving kindness endures forever:
- Psalms 136:7 גְּדֹלִ֑ים adj Adjective mp To him who made the great lights; For his loving kindness endures forever:
- Psalms 136:17 גְּדֹלִ֑ים adj Adjective mp To him who struck great kings; For his loving kindness endures forever;
- Psalms 138:5 גָ֝ד֗וֹל adj Adjective ms Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh; For great is Yahweh's glory.
- Psalms 145:3 גָּ֘ד֤וֹל adj Adjective ms Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.
- Psalms 145:8 וּ/גְדָל conj + Adjective Adjective ms cs Yahweh is gracious, merciful, Slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
- Psalms 147:5 גָּד֣וֹל adj Adjective ms Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
Proverbs 4 verses
- Proverbs 18:16 גְדֹלִ֣ים adj Adjective mp A man's gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.
- Proverbs 19:19 גְּֽדָל adj Adjective ms cs A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, For if you rescue him, you must do it again.
- Proverbs 25:6 גְּ֝דֹלִ֗ים adj Adjective mp Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, Or claim a place among great men;
- Proverbs 27:14 גָּ֭דוֹל adj Adjective ms He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be taken as a curse by him.
Ecclesiastes 3 verses
- Ecclesiastes 9:13 וּ/גְדוֹלָ֥ה conj + Adjective Adjective fs I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.
- Ecclesiastes 9:14 גָּדוֹל֙ גְּדֹלִֽים adj Adjective ms adj Adjective mp There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
- Ecclesiastes 10:4 גְּדוֹלִֽים adj Adjective mp If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
Isaiah 13 verses
- Isaiah 5:9 גְּדֹלִ֥ים adj Adjective mp In my ears, Yahweh of Hosts says: "Surely many houses will be desolate, Even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
- Isaiah 8:1 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms Yahweh said to me, "Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man's pen, 'For Maher Shalal Hash Baz;'
- Isaiah 9:2 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light: those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them has the light shined.
- Isaiah 12:6 גָד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel!"
- Isaiah 27:1 וְ/הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֣ה conj + ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs In that day Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will kill the monster that is in the sea.
- Isaiah 27:13 גָּדוֹל֒ adj Adjective ms It shall happen in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Yahweh in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 29:6 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms She shall be visited of Yahweh of Hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
- Isaiah 34:6 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- Isaiah 36:4 הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which you trust?
- Isaiah 36:13 גָּד֖וֹל הַ/גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear you the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 38:3 גָדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms and said, Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. Hezekiah wept sore.
- Isaiah 54:7 גְּדֹלִ֖ים adj Adjective mp For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you.
- Isaiah 56:12 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms Come you, [say they], I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.
Jeremiah 47 verses
- Jeremiah 4:6 גָּדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, don't stay; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
- Jeremiah 5:5 הַ/גְּדֹלִים֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective mp I will get me to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
- Jeremiah 6:1 גָּדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.
- Jeremiah 6:13 גְּדוֹלָ֔/ם adj Adjective ms cs + sfx pers 3mp For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
- Jeremiah 6:22 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms Thus says Yahweh, Behold, a people comes from the north country; and a great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 8:10 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.
- Jeremiah 10:6 גָּד֥וֹל וְ/גָד֥וֹל adj Adjective ms conj + Adjective Adjective ms There is none like you, Yahweh; you are great, and your name is great in might.
- Jeremiah 10:22 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.
- Jeremiah 11:16 גְדֹלָ֗ה adj Adjective fs Yahweh called your name, A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and the branches of it are broken.
- Jeremiah 14:17 גָּד֜וֹל adj Adjective ms You shall say this word to them, Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
- Jeremiah 16:6 גְדֹלִ֧ים adj Adjective mp Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;
- Jeremiah 16:10 הַ/גְּדוֹלָה֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs It shall happen, when you shall show this people all these words, and they shall tell you, Why has Yahweh pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Yahweh our God?
- Jeremiah 21:5 גָּדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.
- Jeremiah 21:6 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.
- Jeremiah 22:8 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֖ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?
- Jeremiah 25:14 גְּדוֹלִ֑ים adj Adjective mp For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.
- Jeremiah 25:32 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms Thus says Yahweh of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 26:19 גְדוֹלָ֖ה adj Adjective fs Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Didn't he fear Yahweh, and entreat the favor of Yahweh, and Yahweh repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus should we commit great evil against our own souls.
- Jeremiah 27:5 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
- Jeremiah 27:7 גְּדֹלִֽים adj Adjective mp All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondservant.
- Jeremiah 28:8 גְּדֹל֔וֹת adj Adjective fp The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
- Jeremiah 30:7 גָד֛וֹל adj Adjective ms Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
- Jeremiah 31:8 גָּד֖וֹל adj Adjective ms Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.
- Jeremiah 31:34 גְּדוֹלָ/ם֙ adj Adjective ms cs + sfx pers 3mp and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
- Jeremiah 32:17 הַ/גָּד֔וֹל ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
- Jeremiah 32:18 הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective ms who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Hosts is his name;
- Jeremiah 32:19 גְּדֹל֙ adj Adjective ms cs great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
- Jeremiah 32:21 גָּדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms and brought forth your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
- Jeremiah 32:37 גָּד֑וֹל adj Adjective ms Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
- Jeremiah 32:42 הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֖ה ptcl def.art + Adjective Adjective fs For thus says Yahweh: Like as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so will I bring on them all the good that I have promised them.
- Jeremiah 33:3 גְּדֹל֥וֹת adj Adjective fp Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.
- Jeremiah 36:7 גָד֤וֹל adj Adjective ms It may be they will present their supplication before Yahweh, and will return everyone from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Yahweh has pronounced against this people.
- Jeremiah 42:1 גָּדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near,
- Jeremiah 42:8 גָּדֽוֹל adj Adjective ms Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
- Jeremiah 43:9 גְּדֹל֗וֹת adj Adjective fp Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in mortar in the brick work, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
- Jeremiah 44:7 גְדוֹלָה֙ adj Adjective fs Therefore now thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why commit you [this] great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining;
- Jeremiah 44:12 גָּד֔וֹל adj Adjective ms I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an object of horror, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
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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.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
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
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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).
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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
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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.
