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. Jonah 1:2 הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה ha.ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

  2. Jonah 1:4 גְּדוֹלָה֙ ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    But Jehovah sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

  3. Jonah 1:4 גָּד֖וֹל ga.Dol · Describes something

    But Jehovah sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

  4. Jonah 1:10 גְדוֹלָ֔ה ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, What is this that thou hast done? For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Jehovah, because he had told them.

  5. Jonah 1:12 הַגָּד֛וֹל ha.ga.Dol · Describes something

    And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

  6. Jonah 1:16 גְדוֹלָ֖ה ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.

  7. Jonah 1:17 גָּד֔וֹל ga.Dol · Describes something

    And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

  8. Jonah 3:2 הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה ha.ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

  9. Jonah 3:3 גְּדוֹלָה֙ ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.

  10. Jonah 3:5 מִגְּדוֹלָ֖ם mi.ge.do.Lam · Describes something

    And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

  11. Jonah 3:7 וּגְדֹלָ֖יו u.ge.do.Lav · Describes something

    And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;

  12. Jonah 4:1 גְדוֹלָ֑ה ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

  13. Jonah 4:6 גְדוֹלָֽה׃ ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    And Jehovah God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his evil case. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd.

  14. Jonah 4:11 הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה ha.ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    and should not I have regard for Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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