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. Esther 1:5 לְמִגָּ֧דוֹל le.mi.Ga.dol · Describes something

    And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

  2. Esther 1:20 לְמִגָּד֖וֹל le.mi.ga.Dol · Describes something

    And 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.

  3. Esther 2:18 גָד֗וֹל ga.Dol · Describes something

    Then the king made a great feast unto 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.

  4. Esther 4:1 גְדֹלָ֖ה ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent 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;

  5. Esther 4:3 גָּדוֹל֙ ga.dOl · Describes something

    And in every province, whithersoever 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.

  6. Esther 8:15 גְּדוֹלָ֔ה ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel 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.

  7. Esther 9:4 גָ֤דוֹל Ga.dol · Describes something

    For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

  8. Esther 10:3 וְגָדוֹל֙ ve.ga.dOl · Describes something

    For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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