גָּדַל

ga.dal · to magnify

Hebrew · Strong's H1431 · Verb · Sounds like: gaw-dal' · 117 occurrences

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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
גָּדַל 115 vb. grow up, become great
Qal
1. grow up
2. become great
3. to be magnified
Pi.
1. cause to grow
2. make great, powerful
3. magnify
Pu. brought up
Hiph.
1. make great
2. magnify
3. do great things
Hithp. I will magnify myself

Every occurrence

  1. Exodus 2:10 וַיִגְדַּ֣ל va.yig.Dal · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.

  2. Exodus 2:11 וַיִּגְדַּ֤ל vai.yig.Dal · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his brethren.

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