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Lexicon :: Strong's H1431 - gāḏal

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גָּדַל
Transliteration
gāḏal
Pronunciation
gaw-dal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 315

Strong’s Definitions

גָּדַל gâdal, gaw-dal'; a primitive root; properly, to twist (compare H1434), 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, things), grow(up), increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x

The KJV translates Strong's H1431 in the following manner: magnify (32x), great (26x), grow (14x), nourish up (7x), grow up (6x), greater (5x), miscellaneous (25x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x
The KJV translates Strong's H1431 in the following manner: magnify (32x), great (26x), grow (14x), nourish up (7x), grow up (6x), greater (5x), miscellaneous (25x).
  1. to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things

    1. (Qal)

      1. to grow up

      2. to become great

      3. to be magnified

    2. (Piel)

      1. to cause to grow

      2. to make great, powerful

      3. to magnify

    3. (Pual) to be brought up

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to make great

      2. to magnify

      3. to do great things

    5. (Hithpael) to magnify oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּדַל gâdal, gaw-dal'; a primitive root; properly, to twist (compare H1434), 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, things), grow(up), increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
STRONGS H1431: Abbreviations
גָּדַל 115 verb grow up, become great (Aramaic גְּדַל (Ithpe.), Lfdg twist, twine, Arabic جَدَلَ twist a cord, make firm, strong, become strong, so Late Hebrew) —
Qal Perfect ג׳ etc. Genesis 38:14 + 14 times; suffix גְּדֵלַנִי Job 31:18; Imperfect יִגְדַּל etc. Psalm 35:27 + 34 times; —
1. grow up,
a. child Genesis 21:8, 20; Genesis 25:27; Genesis 38:11, 14; Exodus 2:10, 11 (JE) Judges 11:2; Judges 13:24; Ruth 1:12; 1 Samuel 2:21; 1 Samuel 3:19; 1 Kings 12:8, 10 (= 2 Chronicles 10:8, 10) 2 Kings 4:18; גְּדֵלַנִי כְאָב he grew up to me as to a father Job 31:18;
b. lamb 2 Samuel 12:3.
2. become great,
a. in extent, wealthy Genesis 26:13 (twice in verse); Genesis 41:40 (JE) Jeremiah 5:27;
b. in value. בְּעֵינֵי י׳, גָָּֽדְלָה נֶפֶשׁ בְּעֵינָ֑י prized by 1 Samuel 26:24 (twice in verse);
c. in intensity, grief Job 2:13, mourning Zechariah 12:11, punishment Lamentations 4:6, trespass Ezekiel 9:6;
d. in sound, loud cry Genesis 19:13 (J);
e. in importance, of a king Ecclesiastes 2:9; 1 Kings 10:23 (= 2 Chronicles 9:22) Daniel 8:9, 10 (under figure of horn), chief Genesis 24:35; Genesis 48:19 (J), Messiah Micah 5:3, Jerusalem Ezekiel 16:7;
f. of God 2 Samuel 7:22; Psalm 104:1, his works Psalm 92:6, his power Numbers 14:17 (J).
3. to be magnified,
a. house of David Zechariah 12:7;
Pi. Perfect גִּדַּל Joshua 4:14; Esther 3:1; גִּדֵּ֔ל Isaiah 49:21; גִּדֵּ֑לָה Isaiah 51:18, etc.; Imperfect יְגַדֵּל Isaiah 44:14 + 8 times; Imperative גַּדְּלוּ Psalm 34:4; Infinitive גַּדֵּל Numbers 6:5 + 3 times; Participle מְגַדְּלִים 2 Kings 10:6 (מְגַדְּלוֺת Songs 5:15 Greek Version of the LXX Targum Hi Bö De); —
3. magnify,
a. man Job 7:17;
Pu. Participle plural מְגֻדָּלִים brought up Psalm 144:12.
Hiph. Perfect הִגְדִּיל Psalm 41:10 +, etc.; Imperfect יַגְדִּיל Isaiah 42:21; Daniel 8:25, etc.; Infinitive הַגְדִּיל 1 Chronicles 22:8; Amos 8:5; Participle מַגְדִּיל Psalm 18:51 (= מִגְדֹּיל in || 2 Samuel 22:51); plural מַגְדִּילִים Psalm 35:26; —
1. make great, e.g. shekel Amos 8:5, pile for fire Ezekiel 24:9, joy Isaiah 9:2, counsel Isaiah 28:29, wisdom Ecclesiastes 1:16, works Ecclesiastes 2:4, house of Yahweh 1 Chronicles 22:5; the heel Psalm 41:10 either lifted high (Ges), or (compare De Now) gave me insidiously a great fall; compare [H6310 פִּיךָ נ׳ Obadiah 12] i.e. utter proud words (see H7337 רחב Hiph.)
2. magnify, salvation Psalm 18:51, so || 2 Samuel 22:51 (Kt מַגְדִּיל; > Qr מִגְדֹּל), mercy Genesis 19:19 (J), teaching Isaiah 42:21, the word of Yahweh Psalm 138:2.
3. do great things הִגְדִּיל לַעֲשׂוֺת,
a. in a good sense, of God Psalm 126:2; Psalm 126:3; Joel 2:21, also pregnant without Infinitive 1 Samuel 12:24.
b. in bad sense, of 'the northern one' Joel 2:20, also pregnant without Infinitive Lamentations 1:9; Zephaniah 2:8, 10; Daniel 8:4, 8, 11, 25; with עַל, of enemies Psalm 35:26; Psalm 38:17; Psalm 55:13; Job 19:5; Jeremiah 48:26, 42; Ezekiel 35:13 of speaking עָלַי בְּפִיכֶם ג׳.
c. also, with Infinitive implied, wept greatly 1 Samuel 20:41.
Hithp. Perfect וְהִתְגַּדִּלְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 38:23 I will magnify myself, shew myself great and powerful (of God); Imperfect יִתְגַּדֵּל, with עַל in a bad sense, magnify oneself against Isaiah 10:15; Daniel 11:36; יִתְגַּדָּ֑ל Daniel 11:37.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:2; 19:13; 19:19; 21:8; 21:20; 24:35; 25:27; 26:13; 38:11; 38:14; 38:14; 41:40; 48:19

Exodus

2:10; 2:11

Numbers

6:5; 6:5; 14:17

Joshua

3:7; 4:14; 4:14

Judges

11:2; 13:24

Ruth

1:12

1 Samuel

2:21; 3:19; 12:24; 20:41; 26:24

2 Samuel

7:22; 7:26; 12:3; 22:51; 22:51

1 Kings

1:37; 1:47; 10:23; 12:8; 12:10

2 Kings

4:18; 10:6; 10:6

1 Chronicles

17:24; 22:5; 22:8; 29:12; 29:25

2 Chronicles

1:1; 9:22; 10:8; 10:10

Esther

3:1; 3:1; 5:11; 10:2

Job

2:13; 7:17; 19:5; 31:18; 31:18

Psalms

34:4; 34:4; 35:26; 35:26; 35:27; 35:27; 38:17; 40:17; 41:10; 41:10; 55:13; 69:31; 70:5; 92:6; 104:1; 126:2; 126:3; 138:2; 144:12

Ecclesiastes

1:16; 2:4; 2:9

Song of Songs

5:13; 5:15

Isaiah

1:2; 9:2; 10:15; 23:4; 28:29; 42:21; 42:21; 44:14; 44:14; 49:21; 49:21; 51:18; 51:18

Jeremiah

5:27; 48:26; 48:42

Lamentations

1:9; 4:6

Ezekiel

9:6; 16:7; 24:9; 31:4; 35:13; 38:23

Daniel

1:5; 8:4; 8:8; 8:9; 8:10; 8:11; 8:25; 8:25; 11:36; 11:37

Hosea

9:12

Joel

2:20; 2:21

Amos

8:5; 8:5

Jonah

4:10

Micah

5:3

Zephaniah

2:8; 2:10

Zechariah

12:7; 12:11

Malachi

1:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1431 matches the Hebrew גָּדַל (gāḏal),
which occurs 116 times in 112 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Job 7:17–Dan 11:37)

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:17 -

“What is man that You magnify H1431 him,

And that You set Your heart on him,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:5 -

“If truly you magnify H1431 yourselves against me

And argue my disgrace to me,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 -

(But from my youth he grew H1431 up H1431 with me as with a father,

And from the womb of my mother I guided her),

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:50 -

He gives great H1431 [fn]salvation to His king,

And shows lovingkindness to His anointed,

To David and his seed forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:3 -

Gimel

O magnify H1431 Yahweh with me,

And let us exalt His name together.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:26 -

Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who are glad at the evil done to me;

Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify H1431 themselves over me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:27 -

Let them shout for joy and be glad, who delight in my righteousness;

And let them say continually, “Yahweh be magnified H1431,

Who delights in the peace of His slave.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:16 -

For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me,

Who, when my foot stumbles, magnify H1431 themselves against me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:16 -

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;

Let those who love Your salvation say continually,

“Yahweh be magnified H1431!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:9 -

Even my close friend in whom I trusted,

Who ate my bread,

Has lifted H1431 up H1431 his heel against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:12 -

For it is not an enemy who reproaches me,

Then I could bear it;

Nor is it one who hates me who has magnified H1431 himself against me,

Then I could hide myself from him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:30 -

I will praise the name of God with song

And magnify H1431 Him with thanksgiving.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:4 -

Let those be joyful and glad in You

All who seek You

And let them say continually,

“Let God be magnified H1431,”

Those who love Your salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:5 -

How great H1431 are H1431 Your works, O Yahweh!

Your [fn]thoughts are very deep.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:1 -

Bless Yahweh, O my soul!

O Yahweh my God, You are H1431 very great H1431;

You are clothed with splendor and majesty,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:2 -

Then our mouth was filled with laughter

And our tongue with shouts of joy;

Then they said among the nations,

“Yahweh has done great H1431 things H1431 for them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:3 -

Yahweh has done great H1431 things H1431 for us;

We are glad.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:2 -

I will worship toward Your holy temple

And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your [fn]truth;

For You have magnified H1431 Your [fn]word [fn]according to all Your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:12 -

That our sons would be as grown-up H1431 plants in their youth,

And our daughters as corner pillars [fn]fashioned as for a palace;

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:16 -

I spoke within my heart, saying, “Behold, I have magnified H1431 and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my heart has seen an abundance of wisdom and knowledge.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:4 - I made H1431 my works great H1431: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself;
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:9 -

Then I became H1431 great H1431 and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:2 -

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;

For [fn]Yahweh speaks,

“Sons I have reared H1431 and raised up,

But they have transgressed against Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:3 -

You shall multiply the nation,

You shall [fn]make great H1431 [fn]their gladness;

They will be glad in Your presence

As with the gladness [fn]of harvest,

As [fn]men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:15 -

Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it?

Is the saw to magnify H1431 itself over the one who wields it?

That would be like a rod wielding those who lift it,

Or like a staff lifting him who is not wood.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:4 -

Be ashamed, O Sidon;

For the sea speaks, the strong defense of the sea, saying,

“I have neither travailed nor given birth;

I have neither brought H1431 up H1431 choice men nor reared virgins.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29 -

This also comes from Yahweh of hosts,

Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great H1431.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:21 -

Yahweh was pleased for His righteousness’ sake

That He make H1431 the law great H1431 and majestic.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14 - In order to cut cedars for himself, he takes a [fn]cypress or an oak and [fn]raises it for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain makes H1431 it grow H1431.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21 -

“Then you will say in your heart,

‘Who has borne these for me?

Indeed, I have been bereaved of my children

And am barren, an exile and a wanderer.

And who has reared H1431 these?

Behold, I remained alone;

[fn]From where did these come?’”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:18 -

There is none to guide her among all the sons she has borne,

Nor is there one to take hold of her by the hand among all the sons she has reared H1431.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:27 -

‘Like a cage full of birds,

So their houses are full of deceit;

Therefore they have become H1431 great H1431 and rich.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:26 - “Make him drunk, for he has magnified H1431 himself against Yahweh; so Moab will [fn]wallow in his vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:42 -

“Moab will be destroyed from being a people

Because he has magnified H1431 himself against Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:9 -

Teth

Her uncleanness was in her skirts;

She did not remember her future.

Therefore she has gone down astonishingly;

She has no comforter.

“See, O Yahweh, my affliction,

For the enemy has magnified H1431 himself!”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:6 -

Vav

So the [fn]iniquity of the daughter of my people

Is greater H1431 than the [fn]sin of Sodom,

Which was overthrown as in a moment,

And no hands [fn]whirled toward her.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:7 - “I made you [fn]numerous like plants of the field. Then you grew up, became H1431 tall H1431, and came into the age for fine ornaments; your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown. Yet you were naked and bare.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:9 -

‘Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Woe to the city of blood!

I also will make H1431 the pile great H1431.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 -

‘The waters made it grow H1431; the [fn]deep made it high.

With its rivers it was going all around its planting place

And sent out its conduits to all the trees of the field.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:13 - “And you have magnified H1431 yourselves with your mouth against Me and have multiplied your words against Me; I have heard it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:23 - “And I will magnify H1431 Myself, I will manifest Myself as holy, and I will make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am Yahweh.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - And the king appointed for them a daily ration from the king’s choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be [fn]educated H1431 three years, at the end of which they were to stand before the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:4 - I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before it, nor was there anyone to deliver from its [fn]power, but it did as it pleased and magnified H1431 itself.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:8 - Then the male goat magnified H1431 itself exceedingly. But as soon as it was mighty, the large horn was broken; and in its place there came up four conspicuous horns toward the four winds of [fn]heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:9 -

And out of one of them came forth a rather small horn. And it grew H1431 exceedingly great H1431 toward the south, toward the east, and toward the [fn]Beautiful Land.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:10 - Then it grew H1431 up H1431 to the host of heaven and caused some of the host and some of the stars to fall to the earth, and it trampled them down.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:11 - And it even magnified H1431 itself [fn]to be equal with the [fn]Commander of the host; and it removed the regular sacrifice from Him, and the place of His sanctuary was thrown down.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 -

“And through his insight

He will cause deceit to succeed by his hand;

And he will magnify H1431 himself in his heart,

And he will [fn]destroy many while they are [fn]at ease.

He will even stand against the Prince of princes,

But he will be broken without hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:36 -

“Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify H1431 himself above every god and will speak [fn]astonishing things against the God of gods; and he will succeed until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:37 - “He will show no regard for the [fn]gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will magnify H1431 himself above them all.

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