גָּדוֹל

ga.dol · great: large

Hebrew · Strong's H1419 · Adjective · Sounds like: gaw-dole' · 526 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • great: large H1419A 497
  • great: old H1419K · a Meaning of 15
  • Great (Sea) H1419J 13
  • Haggedolim H1419B 1

Strong's dictionary

or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
גָּדוֹל 622 adj. great
1. in magnitude and extent
2. in number
3. in intensity
4. in sound, loud
5. in age
6. in importance
7. in phrases
8. cstr.
9. as subst. concr. do great things
10. † as subst. neut. greatness of arm
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
הַגְּדוֹלִים n.pr.m. father of Zabdiel Ne 11:14 (RV & so most; but 𝔊 RVm al. the great).

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Kings 20:28 הַגָּ֤דוֹל ha.Ga.dol · Describes something

    And a man of God came near and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, Because the Syrians have said, Jehovah is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

  2. 1 Kings 22:31 גָּד֑וֹל ga.Dol · Describes something

    Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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