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Lexicon :: Strong's H1419 - gāḏôl

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גָּדוֹל
Transliteration
gāḏôl
Pronunciation
gaw-dole'
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Part of Speech
adjective, proper masculine noun, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 315d

Strong’s Definitions

גָּדוֹל gâdôwl, gaw-dole'; or גָּדֹל gâdôl; (shortened) from H1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent:— aloud, elder(-est), exceeding(-ly), far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, × sore, (×) very.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 529x

The KJV translates Strong's H1419 in the following manner: great (397x), high (22x), greater (19x), loud (9x), greatest (9x), elder (8x), great man (8x), mighty (7x), eldest (6x), miscellaneous (44x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 529x
The KJV translates Strong's H1419 in the following manner: great (397x), high (22x), greater (19x), loud (9x), greatest (9x), elder (8x), great man (8x), mighty (7x), eldest (6x), miscellaneous (44x).
adjective
  1. great

    1. large (in magnitude and extent)

    2. in number

    3. in intensity

    4. loud (in sound)

    5. older (in age)

    6. in importance

      1. important things

      2. great, distinguished (of men)

      3. God Himself (of God)

        substantive
    7. great things

    8. haughty things

    9. greatness

      proper masculine noun
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּדוֹל gâdôwl, gaw-dole'; or גָּדֹל gâdôl; (shortened) from H1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent:— aloud, elder(-est), exceeding(-ly), far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, × sore, (×) very.
STRONGS H1419: Abbreviations
גָּדוֺל 522 adjective greatג׳ Genesis 4:13 + 279 times; גָּדֹל Deuteronomy 26:8 + 22 times; construct גְּדוֺל Ezekiel 17:3, 7; Jeremiah 32:19, גְּדָל־ Proverbs 19:19, גְּדָו֯ל־ Psalm 145:8; Nahum 1:3; suffix גְּדוֺלָם Jeremiah 6:13 + 2 times; plural גְּדוֺלִים Exodus 7:4 + 11 times, גְּדֹלִים Genesis 12:17 + 22 times; construct גְּדֹלֵי 2 Kings 10:6; suffix גְּדֹלָיו 2 Kings 10:11; Jonah 3:7; גְּדוֺלֶיהָ Nahum 3:10; feminine גְּדוֺלָה Numbers 22:18 + 96 times; גְּדֹלָה Genesis 15:12 + 31 times; plural גְּדוֺלֹת Nehemiah 9:26; Nehemiah 12:31, גְּדֹלוֺת Deuteronomy 27:2 + 30 times, גְּדֹלֹת Numbers 13:28 + 7 times; — great,
1. in magnitude and extent, e.g. sea Numbers 34:6, river Genesis 15:18, wilderness Deuteronomy 1:19, rain 1 Kings 18:45, mountain Zechariah 4:7, city Genesis 10:12, house Jeremiah 52:13, altar Joshua 22:10, throne 2 Chronicles 9:17, sea-monsters Genesis 1:21, fish Jonah 2:1, eagle Ezekiel 17:3, terebinth 2 Samuel 18:9, substance Genesis 15:14, wealth Daniel 11:2, victory 1 Samuel 19:5, 22 בּוֺר הַגָּדוֺל read הַגֹּרֶן ב׳ according to Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
2. in number, e.g. nation Genesis 12:2, congregation Jeremiah 31:8, camp 1 Chronicles 12:22, army Ezekiel 17:17, sacrifice 2 Kings 10:19, slaughter Deuteronomy 28:59; 1 Samuel 4:17.
3. in intensity, fear Deuteronomy 4:34, weeping Isaiah 38:3, power כּחַ Exodus 32:11, joy Jonah 4:6, anger Deuteronomy 29:23, indignation Jeremiah 21:5, sin Genesis 20:9, iniquity Genesis 4:13, evil Genesis 39:9, trespass Ezekiel 9:7.
4. in sound, loud voice Genesis 39:14, cry Exodus 11:6, shout Joshua 6:5.
5. in age, elder, eldest, son Genesis 27:1, daughter Genesis 29:16, brother Genesis 10:21, sister Ezekiel 16:46.
6. in importance,
a. things(הַ)דָּבָר (הַ)גָּדֹל an important thing or affair Exodus 18:22; Deuteronomy 4:32; 1 Samuel 12:16; 2 Kings 5:12; 2 Kings 8:13; יום יהוה Jeremiah 30:7; Hosea 2:2; Joel 2:11; Joel 3:4; Zephaniah 1:14; Malachi 3:23 [Malachi 4:5].
b. of men, great, distinguished, Moses Exodus 11:3, David 2 Samuel 5:10, Job Job 1:3, Mordecai Esther 9:4, kings Ecclesiastes 9:14; Jeremiah 27:7; especially of king of Assyria הַמֶּלֶךְ הַגָּדוֺל 2 Kings 18:19, 28 = Isaiah 36:4, 18, = Assyrian šarru rabbu, šarru dannu, e.g. KBi. 94, 1. 1; הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֺל the h.p. Leviticus 21:10 + 20 times; (הָ)אִישׁ גָּדוֺל 1 Samuel 25:2; 2 Samuel 19:33; 2 Kings 5:1; אִשָּׁה גְדוֺלָה 2 Kings 4:8; גָּדוֺל a great man 2 Samuel 3:38; Micah 7:3; לֹא תֶהְדַּר מְּנֵי גָדוֺל thou shalt not honour (favour) the person of a great man (opposed to דָּל) Leviticus 19:15 (H); (הַ)גְּדוֺלִים the great 2 Samuel 7:9 = 1 Chronicles 17:8; Nehemiah 11:14 (see below) Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 25:6; Jeremiah 5:5 (2 Kings 10:11 LXX of Lucian (Lag.) ἀγχιστεύοντας, Klo גֹּאֲלָיו); further גְּדֹלֵי הָעִיר 2 Kings 10:6; (כָּל־)גְּדֹלָיו 2 Kings 10:11; Jonah 3:7; כָּל־ גְּדוֺלֶיהָ Nahum 3:10.
7. in phrases † עוֺד הַיּוֺם גָּדוֺל it is yet high day (French grand jour, German hoch am Tage, the day is at its height) Genesis 29:7; כַּקָּטֹן כַּגָּדֹל (or reverse) as well small as great Deuteronomy 1:17; 1 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Chronicles 26:13; 2 Chronicles 31:15; (לְ)מִקָּטֹן וְעַד גָּדוֺל (or reverse) from small to great Genesis 19:11; 1 Samuel 5:9; 1 Samuel 30:2, 19; 2 Kings 23:2; 2 Kings 25:26; 2 Chronicles 15:13; 34:30; Esther 1:5, 20; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:10; Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 42:1, 8; Jeremiah 44:12; Jonah 3:5.
8. construct גְּדֹל (הַ)כְּנָפַיִם great of wings Ezekiel 17:8, 7, so of anger Proverbs 19:19 (Qr); usually of God, in power Nahum 1:3, counsel Jeremiah 32:19, mercy Psalm 145:8.
9. as substantive concrete עשׂה גדלות do great things, of God's great acts of redemption and judgement Deuteronomy 10:21; Job 5:9; Job 9:10; Job 37:5; Psalm 71:19; Psalm 106:21; of the miracles of Elisha 2 Kings 8:4; of things too great and so presumptuous, haughty תבקשׁ ג׳ Jeremiah 45:5; מדברת ג׳ Psalm 12:4; לא הלכתי בג׳ Psalm 131:1 (compare Biblical Aramaic Daniel 7:8, 11, 20; also Revelation 13:5).
10. as substantive neuter greatness of arm Exodus 15:16; compare גָּבֹהַּ 4

הַגְּדוֺלִים proper name, masculine father of Zabdiel Nehemiah 11:14 (RV & so most; but Greek Version of the LXX RVm and others the great).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:21; 4:13; 4:13; 10:12; 10:21; 12:2; 12:17; 15:12; 15:14; 15:18; 19:11; 20:9; 27:1; 29:7; 29:16; 39:9; 39:14

Exodus

7:4; 11:3; 11:6; 15:16; 18:11; 18:22; 32:11

Leviticus

19:15; 21:10

Numbers

13:28; 22:18; 34:6

Deuteronomy

1:17; 1:19; 4:32; 4:34; 7:21; 10:17; 10:21; 11:7; 26:8; 27:2; 28:59; 29:23

Joshua

6:5; 7:9; 22:10

Judges

2:7

1 Samuel

4:17; 5:9; 12:16; 12:22; 19:5; 19:22; 25:2; 30:2; 30:19

2 Samuel

3:38; 5:10; 7:9; 18:9; 19:33

1 Kings

3:6; 8:42; 18:45

2 Kings

4:8; 5:1; 5:12; 8:4; 8:13; 10:6; 10:6; 10:11; 10:11; 10:11; 10:19; 18:19; 18:28; 23:2; 25:26

1 Chronicles

12:22; 16:25; 17:8; 25:8; 26:13

2 Chronicles

1:8; 2:4; 6:32; 9:17; 15:13; 31:15; 34:30

Nehemiah

1:5; 4:8; 8:6; 9:25; 9:26; 9:32; 11:14; 11:14; 12:31

Esther

1:5; 1:20; 9:4

Job

1:3; 5:9; 9:10; 37:5

Psalms

12:4; 21:6; 47:3; 48:2; 57:11; 71:19; 76:2; 77:14; 86:10; 86:13; 95:3; 95:3; 96:4; 99:2; 99:3; 106:21; 108:5; 111:2; 131:1; 135:5; 138:5; 145:3; 145:8; 145:8; 147:5

Proverbs

18:16; 19:19; 19:19; 25:6

Ecclesiastes

9:14

Isaiah

12:6; 36:4; 36:18; 38:3; 54:7

Jeremiah

5:5; 6:13; 6:13; 8:10; 10:6; 10:6; 21:5; 27:7; 30:7; 31:8; 31:34; 32:18; 32:19; 32:19; 42:1; 42:8; 44:12; 44:26; 45:5; 52:13

Ezekiel

9:7; 16:46; 17:3; 17:3; 17:7; 17:7; 17:8; 17:17; 36:23

Daniel

7:8; 7:11; 7:20; 9:4; 11:2

Hosea

2:2

Joel

2:11; 3:4

Jonah

2:1; 3:5; 3:7; 3:7; 4:6

Micah

7:3

Nahum

1:3; 1:3; 3:10; 3:10

Zephaniah

1:14

Zechariah

4:7

Malachi

1:11; 1:14; 4:5

Revelation

13:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1419 matches the Hebrew גָּדוֹל (gāḏôl),
which occurs 530 times in 499 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 10 (Jos 7:26–1Sa 17:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - Then they erected over him a large H1419 heap of stones that stands to this day, and the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of [fn]Achor to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And he hanged the king of Ai on [fn]a tree until evening; but at sunset Joshua gave the command and they took his body down from [fn]the tree and threw it at the entrance of the city gate, and erected over it a large H1419 heap of stones that stands to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 -

Now it came about when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, the lowland, and on all the coast of the Great H1419 Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard about it,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - that [fn]he feared greatly because Gibeon was a great H1419 city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater H1419 than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:10 - And the LORD brought them into confusion before Israel, and He struck them down in a great H1419 defeat at Gibeon, and pursued them by the way of the ascent to Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11 - And as they fled from Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, the LORD hurled large H1419 stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died [fn]from the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18 - So Joshua said, “Roll large H1419 stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men by it to guard them,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - It came about when Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished striking them down in a very great H1419 defeat, until they were destroyed, and the survivors of them who escaped [fn]had entered the fortified cities,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - Then it came about at [fn]sunset that Joshua gave the command, and they took them down from the [fn]trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and put large H1419 stones over the mouth of the cave, to this very day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:12 - “Now then, give me this hill country about which the LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that Anakim were there, with great H1419 fortified cities; perhaps the LORD will be with me, and I will [fn]drive them out just as the LORD has spoken.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:15 - Now the name of Hebron was previously [fn]Kiriath-arba; for Arba was the greatest H1419 man among the Anakim. Then the land was at rest from war.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:12 - The western border was at the Great H1419 Sea, even its [fn]coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47 -

Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages, as far as the [fn]brook of Egypt and the Great H1419 Sea, even its [fn]coastline.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:17 - But Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people and have great H1419 power; you shall not have one lot only,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - ‘And he shall remain in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high H1419 priest in those days. Then [fn]he shall [fn]return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:10 -

When they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, [fn]a large H1419 altar in appearance.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:4 - “See, I have apportioned to you these nations which remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have eliminated, from the Jordan even to the Great H1419 Sea toward the [fn]west.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:9 - “For the LORD has [fn]driven out great H1419 and mighty nations from before you; and as for you, no one has stood against you to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:17 - for the LORD our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves, and did these great H1419 signs in our sight and watched over us through all the way in which we went and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:26 - And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God; and he took a large H1419 stone and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - The people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who [fn]survived Joshua, who had seen all the great H1419 work of the LORD which He had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:15 -

“And the [fn]princes of Issachar were with Deborah;

As was Issachar, so was Barak;

Into the valley they rushed at his [fn]heels;

Among the divisions of Reuben

There were great H1419 determinations of heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:16 -

“Why did you sit among the [fn]sheepfolds,

To hear the piping for the flocks?

Among the divisions of Reuben

There were great H1419 searchings of heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - He [fn]inflicted a very great H1419 defeat on them from Aroer [fn]to the entrance of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - So he struck them [fn]ruthlessly with a great H1419 slaughter; and afterward he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 - Then he became very thirsty, and he called to the LORD and said, “You have [fn]handed this great H1419 [fn]victory over to Your servant, and now [fn]am I to die of thirst [fn]and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - So the governors of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see where his great H1419 strength lies and [fn]how we can overpower him so that we may bind him to humble him. Then we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:6 - So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great H1419 strength lies, and [fn]how you can be bound to humble you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 -

Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have toyed with me these three times and have not told me where your great H1419 strength is.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 -

Now the governors of the Philistines assembled to offer a great H1419 sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to celebrate, for they said,

“Our god has handed Samson our enemy over to us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:2 - So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and raised their voices and wept [fn]profusely H1419.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 -

Then the sons of Israel said, “Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who did not go up to the LORD in the assembly?” For [fn]they had taken a solemn H1419 oath concerning anyone who did not go up to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, “He shall certainly be put to death.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:17 - And so the sin of the young men was very great H1419 before the LORD, for the men treated the offering of the LORD disrespectfully.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:5 -

And as the ark of the covenant of the LORD was coming into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great H1419 shout, so that the earth resounded.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:6 - And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, “What does the noise of this great H1419 shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” Then they understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 -

So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent; and the defeat was very great H1419, for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - Then the one who brought the news replied, “Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great H1419 defeat among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas are also dead; and the ark of God has been taken.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:9 - After they had taken it away, the hand of the LORD was against the city, creating a very great H1419 panic; and He struck the people of the city, from the young to the old H1419, so that tumors broke out on them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:9 - “But watch: if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then He has done this great H1419 evil to us. But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:14 - And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite and stopped there where there was a large H1419 stone; and they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:15 - And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the saddlebag that was with it, in which were the articles of gold, and put them on the large H1419 stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices that day to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - and the gold mice, corresponding to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five governors, both of fortified cities and of country villages. The large H1419 [fn]stone on which they placed the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 -

Now He fatally struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck 50,070 men among the people, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck the people with a great H1419 slaughter.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:10 - Now Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, and the Philistines advanced to battle Israel. But the LORD thundered with a great H1419 [fn]thunder on that day against the Philistines and confused them, so that they were struck down before Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:16 - “Even now, take your stand and see this great H1419 thing which the LORD is going to do before your eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - “For the LORD will not abandon His people on account of His great H1419 name, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:20 - Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and came to the battle; and behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow Philistine, and there was very great H1419 confusion.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:33 - Then observers informed Saul, saying, “Look, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood.” And he said, “You have acted treacherously; roll a large H1419 rock to me today.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45 - But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die, he who has [fn]brought about this great H1419 [fn]victory in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD lives, not even a hair of his head shall fall to the ground, because he has worked with God this day.” So the people [fn]rescued Jonathan and he did not die.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:13 - The three older H1419 sons of Jesse had [fn]followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who had gone into the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and second to him, Abinadab, and the third, Shammah.

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