גָּדַל

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)

Every occurrence

1. Isaiah 1:2 גִּדַּ֣לְתִּי gi.Dal.ti · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

   Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

2. Isaiah 9:3 הִגְדַּ֣לְתָּ hig.Dal.ta · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

   Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

3. Isaiah 10:15 יִתְגַּדֵּ֤ל yit.ga.Del · An action: doing it to oneself, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.

4. Isaiah 23:4 גִדַּ֛לְתִּי gi.Dal.ti · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

   Be thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.

5. Isaiah 28:29 הִגְדִּ֖יל hig.Dil · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.

6. Isaiah 42:21 יַגְדִּ֥יל yag.Dil · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.

7. Isaiah 44:14 יְגַדֵּֽל׃ ye.ga.Del · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.

8. Isaiah 49:21 גִדֵּ֔ל gi.Del · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?

9. Isaiah 51:18 גִּדֵּֽלָה׃ gi.De.lah · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand among all the sons that she hath brought up.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.