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גָּדוֹל

ga.dol

great: large

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Strong’s H1419aAdjective525 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

great384

large32

is great29

old10

great things10

was great8

great people7

the great7

In the text

Genesis 1:16הַגְּדֹלִים
God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
Deuteronomy 1:7הַגָּדֹל
Resume 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.
1 Samuel 2:17גְּדוֹלָה
Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
Psalm 21:5גָּדוֹל
Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
Jeremiah 4:6גָּדוֹל
Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
Ezekiel 1:4גָּדוֹל
I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,

Brown-Driver-Briggs

גָּדוֹל 622 adj. great

1. in magnitude and extent

2. in number

3. in intensity

4. in sound, loud

5. in age

6. in importance

7. in phrases

8. cstr.

9. as subst. concr. do great things

10. † as subst. neut. greatness of arm

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.