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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;
b. Yahweh Psalm 35:27; Psalm 40:17; Psalm 70:5; Malachi 1:5, his name 2 Samuel 7:26 (= 1 Chronicles 17:24).
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); —
1. cause to grow, e.g. hair Numbers 6:5 (P), plants Jonah 4:10; Isaiah 44:14; Ezekiel 31:4; Songs 5:13; bring up children 2 Kings 10:6; Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 23:4; Isaiah 49:21; Isaiah 51:18; Daniel 1:5; Hosea 9:12.
2. make great, powerful Genesis 12:2 (J) Joshua 3:7; Joshua 4:14 (D) 1 Kings 1:37, 47; 1 Chronicles 29:12, 25; 2 Chronicles 1:1; Esther 3:1; Esther 5:11; Esther 10:2.
3. magnify,
a. man Job 7:17;
b. God Psalm 34:4; Psalm 69:31.
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.
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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

H1431

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

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 12:2–Job 2:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:2 - And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:13 - for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great before the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness which thou hast done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave to me, and I have died;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:8 - And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:20 - and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - and Jehovah hath blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great; and He giveth to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 - And the youths grew, and Esau is a man acquainted with hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob is a plain man, inhabiting tents;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:13 - and the man is great, and goeth on, going on and becoming great, till that he hath been very great,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, 'Abide a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son groweth up;' for he said, 'Lest he die -- even he -- like his brethren;' and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which is by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:40 - thou -- thou art over my house, and at thy mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than thou.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - And his father refuseth, and saith, 'I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:10 - And the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, 'Because -- from the water I have drawn him.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:11 - And it cometh to pass, in those days, that Moses is grown, and he goeth out unto his brethren, and looketh on their burdens, and seeth a man, an Egyptian, smiting a man, a Hebrew, one of his brethren,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:5 - 'All days of the vow of his separation a razor doth not pass over his head; till the fulness of the days which he doth separate to Jehovah he is holy; grown up hath the upper part of the hair of his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:17 - 'And now, let, I pray Thee, the power of my Lord be great, as Thou hast spoken, saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:7 - And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'This day I begin to make thee great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they know that as I was with Moses I am with thee;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:14 - On that day hath Jehovah made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel, and they reverence him, as they reverenced Moses, all days of his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:2 - and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife's sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, 'Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman art thou.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:24 - And the woman beareth a son, and calleth his name Samson, and the youth groweth, and Jehovah doth bless him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - for them do ye wait till that they grow up? for them do ye shut yourselves up, not to be to a husband? nay, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of Jehovah hath gone out against me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:21 - When Jehovah hath looked after Hannah, then she conceiveth and beareth three sons and two daughters; and the youth Samuel groweth up with Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:19 - And Samuel groweth up, and Jehovah hath been with him, and hath not let fall any of his words to the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:24 - only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the earth, and boweth himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep one with another, till David exerted himself;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24 - and lo, as thy soul hath been great this day in mine eyes, so is my soul great in the eyes of Jehovah, and He doth deliver me out of all distress.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22 - Therefore Thou hast been great, Jehovah God, for there is none like Thee, and there is no God save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:26 - And Thy Name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts is God over Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - And the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:51 - Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed -- unto the age!'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37 - as Jehovah hath been with my lord the king, so is He with Solomon, and doth make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - and also the servants of the king have come into bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God doth make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and his throne greater than thy throne; and the king boweth himself on the bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:23 - And king Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:8 - And he forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, who are standing before him;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - And they speak unto him -- the lads who had grown up with him -- saying, 'Thus dost thou say to this people who have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and thou, make it light upon us; thus dost thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:18 - And the lad groweth, and the day cometh that he goeth out unto his father, unto the reapers,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6 - And he writeth unto them a letter a second time, saying, 'If ye are for me, and to my voice are hearkening, take the heads of the men -- the sons of your lord, and come unto me about this time to-morrow, to Jezreel;' and the sons of the king are seventy men, with the great ones of the city those bringing them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:24 - and let it be stedfast, and Thy name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, is God to Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:5 - And David saith, 'Solomon my son is a youth and tender, and the house to be built to Jehovah is to be made exceedingly great, for name and for beauty to all the lands; let me prepare, I pray Thee, for it;' and David prepareth in abundance before his death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:12 - and the riches, and the honour are from before Thee, and Thou art ruling over all, and in Thy hand is power and might, and in Thy hand, to make great, and to give strength to all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:25 - and Jehovah maketh Solomon exceedingly great before the eyes of all Israel, and putteth upon him the honour of the kingdom that hath not been on any king over Israel before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:1 - And strengthen himself doth Solomon son of David over his kingdom, and Jehovah his God is with him, and maketh him exceedingly great.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:22 - And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:8 - And he forsaketh the counsel of the aged men that they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, those standing before him,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - And the lads who have grown up with him, speak with him, saying, 'Thus dost thou say to the people who have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and thou, make light somewhat of our yoke; thus dost thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and say, 'O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1 - After these things hath the king Ahasuerus exalted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and lifteth him up, and setteth his throne above all the heads who are with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:11 - and Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:2 - and all the work of his strength, and his might, and the explanation of the greatness of Mordecai with which the king made him great, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of Media and Persia?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:13 - And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

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