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. Jeremiah 5:27 גָּדְל֖וּ ga.de.Lu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

  2. Jeremiah 48:26 הִגְדִּ֑יל hig.Dil · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Make ye him drunken; for he magnified himself against Jehovah: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.

  3. Jeremiah 48:42 הִגְדִּֽיל׃ hig.Dil · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against Jehovah.

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