Word meanings
Strong's dictionary
a primitive root; properly, to twist (compare גְּדִל), i.e.; to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride); advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to... estate, [phrase] things), grow(up), increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
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Esther 3:1 גִּדַּל֩ gi.Dal · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
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Esther 5:11 גִּדְּל֤וֹ gi.de.Lo · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
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Esther 9:4 וְגָדֽוֹל׃ פ ve.ga.Dol · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
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.
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Esther 10:2 גִּדְּל֖וֹ gi.de.Lo · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
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