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. Judges 2:7 הַגָּד֔וֹל ha.ga.Dol · Describes something

    And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel.

  2. Judges 5:15 גְּדֹלִ֖ים ge.do.Lim · Describes something

    And 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.

  3. Judges 5:16 גְּדוֹלִ֖ים ge.do.Lim · Describes something

    Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.

  4. Judges 11:33 גְּדוֹלָ֣ה ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto Abel-cheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

  5. Judges 15:8 גְדוֹלָ֑ה ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

  6. Judges 15:18 הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה ha.ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    And he was sore athirst, and called on Jehovah, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised.

  7. Judges 16:5 גָד֔וֹל ga.Dol · Describes something

    And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

  8. Judges 16:6 גָד֑וֹל ga.Dol · Describes something

    And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

  9. Judges 16:15 גָדֽוֹל׃ ga.Dol · Describes something

    And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

  10. Judges 16:23 גָּד֛וֹל ga.Dol · Describes something

    And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

  11. Judges 21:2 גָדֽוֹל׃ ga.Dol · Describes something

    And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.

  12. Judges 21:5 הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה ha.ge.do.Lah · Describes something

    And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the assembly unto Jehovah? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto Jehovah to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

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