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H1432 גָּדֵל (gâdêl) gaw-dale'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 1431; large (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: great, grew

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גָּדֵל (ga.del) — growing. becoming great, growing up

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · גָּדֹול · גְּדוּלָה · גִּדֵּל · גָּדֵל · גֹּדֶל · מִגְדָּל · גְּדַלְיָה · גְּדַלְיָהוּ · גִּדַּלְתִּי · יִגְדַּלְיָהוּ · מִגְדֹּל

Large | verb qal

to be large, to grow large = process by which objects increase in size

GEN 48:19 · GEN 48:19 · EZK 16:26 · DAN 8:9 · DAN 8:10

Large | verb pi, verb hif

to cause to grow, to let grow, to make big = causative process where someone causes or permits objects to increase in size

NUM 6:5 · AMO 8:5

Speak | verb hif

Collocation: גדל פִּי

to boast literally: to make great (one's) mouth; hence: = action by which humans speak boastful things

OBA 1:12

Speak | verb hif

Collocation: גדל עָקֵב

to speak lies (about someone) literally: to make great (one's) heel (over someone else); hence, possibly: = action by which humans speak lies about other humans

PSA 41:10

Stage | verb qal | ≈ רבה

to grow up = process by which young humans or animals undergo the natural development of increasing in size and changing physically on their way to being fully grown

GEN 21:8 · GEN 21:20 · GEN 25:27 · GEN 38:11 · GEN 38:14 · EXO 2:10 · EXO 2:11 · JDG 11:2 · JDG 13:24 · RUT 1:13 · 1SA 2:21 · 1SA 2:26 · 1SA 3:19 · 2SA 12:3 · 1KI 12:8 · 1KI 12:10 · 2KI 4:18 · 2CH 10:8 · 2CH 10:10 · JOB 31:18 · EZK 16:7

Stage | verb pi, verb pu'al | ≈ ילד · רום

to make grow, to bring up, to rear, to educate, to tend = causative process by which humans take care of young plants or young humans while they undergo the natural development of increasing in size and changing physically on their way to being fully grown

2KI 10:6 · PSA 144:12 · ISA 1:2 · ISA 23:4 · ISA 44:14 · ISA 49:21 · ISA 51:18 · EZK 31:4 · DAN 1:5 · HOS 9:12 · JON 4:10

Great | verb qal | ≈ הֹוד · הָדָר

to be great, to become great = process by which humans or deities increase in status, as a result of their authority, rank, wealth, or wisdom

GEN 24:35 · GEN 26:13 · GEN 26:13 · GEN 26:13 · GEN 41:40 · 1SA 26:24 · 1SA 26:24 · 2SA 5:10 · 2SA 7:22 · 1KI 10:23 · 1CH 11:9 · 2CH 9:22 · 2CH 17:12 · EST 9:4 · PSA 35:27 · PSA 40:17 · PSA 70:5 · PSA 104:1 · ECC 2:9 · JER 5:27 · MIC 5:3 · MAL 1:5

Great | verb hit, verb hif | ≈ פאר · רום

to make oneself great, to show one's greatness, to magnify oneself = action by which humans or deities show others their elevated status, which they have, either in their own eyes or in the eyes of other people, ≈ which can either be good or bad, depending on whether this status is justified

JOB 19:5 · PSA 35:26 · PSA 38:17 · PSA 55:13 · ISA 10:15 · JER 48:26 · JER 48:42 · LAM 1:9 · EZK 35:13 · EZK 38:23 · DAN 8:4 · DAN 8:8 · DAN 8:11 · DAN 8:25 · DAN 11:36 · DAN 11:37 · ZEP 2:8 · ZEP 2:10

Great | verb pi | ≈ חזק

to make great, to promote = causative process by which humans or deities cause humans to increase in status, as a result of their authority, wealth, or wisdom

JOS 3:7 · JOS 4:14 · 1KI 1:37 · 1KI 1:47 · 1CH 22:5 · 1CH 29:12 · 1CH 29:25 · 2CH 1:1 · EST 3:1 · EST 5:11 · EST 10:2 · JOB 7:17

Praise | verb pi | ≈ רום

to extol = action by which humans proclaim the greatness of a deity

PSA 34:4 · PSA 69:31

Intense | verb qal | ≈ עמק · רבה

to be great = process by which events increase in intensity

GEN 19:13 · NUM 14:17 · 2SA 7:26 · 1CH 17:24 · EZR 9:6 · JOB 2:13 · PSA 92:6 · LAM 4:6 · ZEC 12:7 · ZEC 12:11

Intense | verb pi, verb hif

to make great = causative process by which a deity causes events to increase in intensity

GEN 12:2 · GEN 19:19 · 1SA 12:24 · 1SA 20:41 · PSA 18:51 · PSA 126:2 · PSA 126:3 · PSA 138:2 · ECC 1:16 · ECC 2:4 · ISA 9:2 · ISA 28:29 · ISA 42:21 · EZK 24:9 · JOL 2:20 · JOL 2:21

1 2SA 22:51 MT-K מגדיל | MT-Q מִגְדֹּול "tower" 2 PSA 18:51 MT-K מגדל | MT-Q מַגְדִּיל

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גָּדֵל pt.m. or adj.verbal. becoming great, growing up base

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