This word comes from the names of Haggedolim and Great Sea.
Definition
or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from H1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
Traditional renderings: 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.
Traditional renderings: 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.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
524 total
- Numbers 13:28גְּדֹלֹת֙ · are largeNevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
- Numbers 14:12גָּד֥וֹל · greaterI will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
- Numbers 22:18גְדוֹלָֽה׃ · greatBut Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
- Numbers 34:6הַגָּד֖וֹל · of the GreatYour western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
- Numbers 34:7הַגָּדֹ֔ל · the GreatYour northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
- Numbers 35:25הַגָּדֹ֔ל · of the highThe assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
- Numbers 35:28 (2×)הַגָּדֹ֑ל · of the high; הַגָּדֹ֔ל · of the high…because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
- Deuteronomy 1:7הַגָּדֹ֖ל · the greatResume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.
- Deuteronomy 1:17כַּגָּדֹל֙ · and great alikeShow no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
- Deuteronomy 1:19הַגָּדוֹל֩ · the vastAnd just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
- Deuteronomy 1:28 (2×)גָּד֤וֹל · are larger; גְּדֹלֹ֥ת · are largeWhere can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
- Deuteronomy 2:7הַגָּדֹ֖ל · vastIndeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
- Deuteronomy 2:10גָּד֥וֹל · great(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
- Deuteronomy 2:21גָּד֥וֹל · greatThey were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
- Deuteronomy 4:6הַגָּד֖וֹל · greatObserve them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
- Deuteronomy 4:7גָּד֔וֹל · great enoughFor what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
- Deuteronomy 4:8גָּד֔וֹל · great enoughAnd what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
- Deuteronomy 4:32הַגָּדוֹל֙ · greatIndeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
- Deuteronomy 4:34גְּדֹלִ֑ים · and by greatOr has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
- Deuteronomy 4:36הַגְּדוֹלָ֔ה · His greatHe let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
- Deuteronomy 4:37הַגָּדֹ֖ל · and greatBecause He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
- Deuteronomy 4:38גְּדֹלִ֧ים · greater…to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.
- Deuteronomy 5:22גָּד֖וֹל · in a loudThe LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
- Deuteronomy 5:25הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה · greatBut now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
- Deuteronomy 6:10גְּדֹלֹ֥ת · [a land with] greatAnd when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
- Deuteronomy 6:22גְּדֹלִ֨ים · greatBefore our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
- Deuteronomy 7:19הַגְּדֹלֹ֜ת · the great…the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
- Deuteronomy 7:21גָּד֖וֹל · [is] a greatDo not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
- Deuteronomy 7:23גְדֹלָ֔ה · into greatBut the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 8:15הַגָּדֹ֣ל · you through the vastHe led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- Deuteronomy 9:1 (2×)גְּדֹלִ֥ים · greater; גְּדֹלֹ֥ת · with largeHear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
- Deuteronomy 9:2גָּד֥וֹל · are strongThe people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
- Deuteronomy 9:29הַגָּדֹ֔ל · by Your greatBut they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”
- Deuteronomy 10:17הַגָּדֹ֤ל · the greatFor the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
- Deuteronomy 10:21הַגְּדֹלֹ֤ת · greatHe is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
- Deuteronomy 11:7הַגָּדֹ֑ל · greatFor it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.
- Deuteronomy 11:23גְּדֹלִ֥ים · greater…then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
- Deuteronomy 18:16הַגְּדֹלָ֥ה · greatThis is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
- Deuteronomy 25:13גְּדוֹלָ֖ה · one heavyYou shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
- Deuteronomy 25:14גְּדוֹלָ֖ה · one largeYou shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
- Deuteronomy 26:5גָּד֖וֹל · a great…and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
- Deuteronomy 26:8גָּדֹ֑ל · with greatThen the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
- Deuteronomy 27:2גְּדֹל֔וֹת · largeAnd on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.
- Deuteronomy 28:59גְּדֹלוֹת֙ · severeHe will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.
- Deuteronomy 29:3 (2×)הַגְּדֹלֹ֔ת · the great; הַגְּדֹלִ֖ים · miraculousYou saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.
- Deuteronomy 29:24הַגָּד֖וֹל · greatSo all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’