Definition
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)
Traditional renderings: 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.
Traditional renderings: 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.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גָּדַל:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
118 total
- Daniel 8:9וַתִּגְדַּל־ · and grewFrom one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.
- Daniel 8:10וַתִּגְדַּ֖ל · It grew as highIt grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth and trampled them.
- Daniel 8:11הִגְדִּ֑יל · It magnified itselfIt magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.
- Daniel 8:25יַגְדִּ֔יל · he will make himself greatThrough his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.
- Daniel 11:36וְיִתְגַּדֵּל֙ · and magnify himselfThen the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
- Daniel 11:37יִתְגַּדָּֽל׃ · he will magnify himselfHe will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.
- Hosea 9:12יְגַדְּלוּ֙ · they raiseEven if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
- Joel 2:20הִגְדִּ֖יל · great thingsThe northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.
- Joel 2:21הִגְדִּ֥יל · great thingsDo not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.
- Amos 8:5וּלְהַגְדִּ֣יל · and increase…asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
- Obadiah 1:12תַּגְדֵּ֥ל · boast proudlyBut you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
- Jonah 4:10גִדַּלְתּ֑וֹ · made growBut the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
- Micah 5:4יִגְדַּ֖ל · His greatness will extendHe will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
- Zephaniah 2:8וַיַּגְדִּ֖ילוּ · and threatened“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
- Zephaniah 2:10וַיַּגְדִּ֔לוּ · and mockingThis they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.
- Zechariah 12:7תִגְדַּ֜ל · be greaterThe LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.
- Zechariah 12:11יִגְדַּ֤ל · will be as greatOn that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
- Malachi 1:5יִגְדַּ֣ל · is greatYou will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”