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HebrewH1419Adjective

גָּדוֹל

ga.dol

471Occurrences
H1419Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from H1431 (גָּדַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
adj 1) great 1a) large (in magnitude and extent) 1b) in number 1c) in intensity 1d) loud (in sound) 1e) older (in age) 1f) in importance 1f1) important things 1f2) great, distinguished (of men) 1f3) God Himself (of God) subst 1g) great things 1h) haughty things 1i) greatness Also means: ga.dol (*גָּדוֹל *": old" H1419K) § Haggedolim = "the great one" (CLBL) Haggedolim, the great man?, father of Zabdiel

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

גָּדוֹל appears 471 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
47
Deuteronomy
38
1 Samuel
34
Ezk
32
Genesis
31
2 Kings
27
Nehemiah
26
Joshua
24

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:14BSB

But Eleazar and David stationed themselves in the middle of the field and defended it. They struck down the Philistines, and the LORD brought about a great victory.

2 Kings 20:3BSB

“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Esther 8:15BSB

Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

Isaiah 27:13BSB

And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Joshua 10:20BSB

So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.