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
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- Deuteronomy 29:28גָּד֑וֹל · and greatThe LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’
- Deuteronomy 34:12הַגָּד֑וֹל…and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
- Joshua 1:4 (2×)הַגָּד֣וֹל · the great; הַגָּד֖וֹל · the GreatYour territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.
- Joshua 6:5גְדוֹלָ֑ה · give a mightyAnd when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
- Joshua 6:20גְדוֹלָ֔ה · gave a greatSo when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
- Joshua 7:9הַגָּדֽוֹל׃ס · for Your greatWhen the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
- Joshua 7:26גָּד֗וֹל · a largeAnd they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.
- Joshua 8:29גָּד֔וֹל · a largeHe hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
- Joshua 9:1הַגָּד֔וֹל · of the GreatNow when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—
- Joshua 10:2 (2×)גְּדוֹלָה֙ · [was] a great; גְדוֹלָה֙ · was largerSo Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
- Joshua 10:10גְדוֹלָ֖ה · in a greatAnd the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:11גְּדֹל֧וֹת · largeAs they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
- Joshua 10:18גְּדֹל֖וֹת · largeSo Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.
- Joshua 10:20גְדוֹלָֽה־ · a terribleSo 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.
- Joshua 10:27גְּדֹלוֹת֙ · Then largeAt sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
- Joshua 14:12גְּדֹל֣וֹת · with greatNow therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”
- Joshua 14:15הַגָּד֛וֹל · the greatest(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
- Joshua 15:12הַגָּד֖וֹל · of the GreatAnd the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.
- Joshua 17:17גָּדוֹל֙ · and greatSo Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You have many people and great strength. You shall not have just one allotment,
- Joshua 20:6הַגָּד֔וֹל · of the highHe is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
- Joshua 22:10גָּד֖וֹלAnd when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
- Joshua 23:4הַגָּד֖וֹלSee, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
- Joshua 23:9גְּדֹלִ֣ים · greatThe LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
- Joshua 24:17הַגְּדֹלוֹת֙ · greatFor the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
- Joshua 24:26גְּדוֹלָ֔ה · a largeJoshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
- Judges 2:7הַגָּד֔וֹל · the greatAnd the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.
- Judges 5:15גְּדֹלִ֖ים · there was greatThe princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
- Judges 5:16גְּדוֹלִ֖ים · there was greatWhy did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
- Judges 11:33גְּדוֹלָ֣ה · With a greatWith a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
- Judges 15:8גְדוֹלָ֑ה · with a greatAnd he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
- Judges 15:18הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה · greatAnd being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
- Judges 16:5גָד֔וֹל · his greatThe lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
- Judges 16:6גָד֑וֹל · of your greatSo Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
- Judges 16:15גָדֽוֹל׃“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
- Judges 16:23גָּד֛וֹל · a greatNow the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
- Judges 21:2גָדֽוֹל׃ · bitterlySo the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
- Judges 21:5הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה · a solemnThe Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
- 1 Samuel 2:17גְּדוֹלָ֥ה · severeThus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
- 1 Samuel 4:5גְדוֹלָ֑ה · raisedWhen the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook.
- 1 Samuel 4:6הַגְּדוֹלָ֛ה · loudOn hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
- 1 Samuel 4:10גְּדוֹלָ֣ה · greatSo the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
- 1 Samuel 4:17גְדוֹלָ֖ה · a greatThe messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
- 1 Samuel 5:9 (2×)גְּדוֹלָ֣ה; גָּד֑וֹל · oldBut after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
- 1 Samuel 6:9הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה · great…but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
- 1 Samuel 6:14גְּדוֹלָ֑ה · near a largeThe cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 6:15הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה · the largeAnd the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 6:18הַגְּדוֹלָ֗ה · And the largeThe number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.