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. Lamentations 2:13 גָד֥וֹל ga.Dol · Describes something

    What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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