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. Proverbs 18:16 גְדֹלִ֣ים ge.do.Lim · Describes something

    A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

  2. Proverbs 19:19 גְּֽדָל go.ral- · Describes something

    A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.

  3. Proverbs 25:6 גְּ֝דֹלִ֗ים ge.do.Lim · Describes something

    Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

  4. Proverbs 27:14 גָּ֭דוֹל Ga.dol · Describes something

    He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.

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