LSB

LSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H1419 - gāḏôl

Aa
גָּדוֹל
Transliteration
gāḏôl
Pronunciation
gaw-dole'
Listen
Part of Speech
adjective, proper masculine noun, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 315d

Strong’s Definitions

גָּדוֹל gâdôwl, gaw-dole'; or גָּדֹל gâdôl; (shortened) from H1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent:— 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.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 529x

The KJV translates Strong's H1419 in the following manner: great (397x), high (22x), greater (19x), loud (9x), greatest (9x), elder (8x), great man (8x), mighty (7x), eldest (6x), miscellaneous (44x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 529x
The KJV translates Strong's H1419 in the following manner: great (397x), high (22x), greater (19x), loud (9x), greatest (9x), elder (8x), great man (8x), mighty (7x), eldest (6x), miscellaneous (44x).
adjective
  1. great

    1. large (in magnitude and extent)

    2. in number

    3. in intensity

    4. loud (in sound)

    5. older (in age)

    6. in importance

      1. important things

      2. great, distinguished (of men)

      3. God Himself (of God)

        substantive
    7. great things

    8. haughty things

    9. greatness

      proper masculine noun
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּדוֹל gâdôwl, gaw-dole'; or גָּדֹל gâdôl; (shortened) from H1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent:— 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.
STRONGS H1419: Abbreviations
גָּדוֺל 522 adjective greatג׳ Genesis 4:13 + 279 times; גָּדֹל Deuteronomy 26:8 + 22 times; construct גְּדוֺל Ezekiel 17:3, 7; Jeremiah 32:19, גְּדָל־ Proverbs 19:19, גְּדָו֯ל־ Psalm 145:8; Nahum 1:3; suffix גְּדוֺלָם Jeremiah 6:13 + 2 times; plural גְּדוֺלִים Exodus 7:4 + 11 times, גְּדֹלִים Genesis 12:17 + 22 times; construct גְּדֹלֵי 2 Kings 10:6; suffix גְּדֹלָיו 2 Kings 10:11; Jonah 3:7; גְּדוֺלֶיהָ Nahum 3:10; feminine גְּדוֺלָה Numbers 22:18 + 96 times; גְּדֹלָה Genesis 15:12 + 31 times; plural גְּדוֺלֹת Nehemiah 9:26; Nehemiah 12:31, גְּדֹלוֺת Deuteronomy 27:2 + 30 times, גְּדֹלֹת Numbers 13:28 + 7 times; — great,
1. in magnitude and extent, e.g. sea Numbers 34:6, river Genesis 15:18, wilderness Deuteronomy 1:19, rain 1 Kings 18:45, mountain Zechariah 4:7, city Genesis 10:12, house Jeremiah 52:13, altar Joshua 22:10, throne 2 Chronicles 9:17, sea-monsters Genesis 1:21, fish Jonah 2:1, eagle Ezekiel 17:3, terebinth 2 Samuel 18:9, substance Genesis 15:14, wealth Daniel 11:2, victory 1 Samuel 19:5, 22 בּוֺר הַגָּדוֺל read הַגֹּרֶן ב׳ according to Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
2. in number, e.g. nation Genesis 12:2, congregation Jeremiah 31:8, camp 1 Chronicles 12:22, army Ezekiel 17:17, sacrifice 2 Kings 10:19, slaughter Deuteronomy 28:59; 1 Samuel 4:17.
3. in intensity, fear Deuteronomy 4:34, weeping Isaiah 38:3, power כּחַ Exodus 32:11, joy Jonah 4:6, anger Deuteronomy 29:23, indignation Jeremiah 21:5, sin Genesis 20:9, iniquity Genesis 4:13, evil Genesis 39:9, trespass Ezekiel 9:7.
4. in sound, loud voice Genesis 39:14, cry Exodus 11:6, shout Joshua 6:5.
5. in age, elder, eldest, son Genesis 27:1, daughter Genesis 29:16, brother Genesis 10:21, sister Ezekiel 16:46.
6. in importance,
a. things(הַ)דָּבָר (הַ)גָּדֹל an important thing or affair Exodus 18:22; Deuteronomy 4:32; 1 Samuel 12:16; 2 Kings 5:12; 2 Kings 8:13; יום יהוה Jeremiah 30:7; Hosea 2:2; Joel 2:11; Joel 3:4; Zephaniah 1:14; Malachi 3:23 [Malachi 4:5].
b. of men, great, distinguished, Moses Exodus 11:3, David 2 Samuel 5:10, Job Job 1:3, Mordecai Esther 9:4, kings Ecclesiastes 9:14; Jeremiah 27:7; especially of king of Assyria הַמֶּלֶךְ הַגָּדוֺל 2 Kings 18:19, 28 = Isaiah 36:4, 18, = Assyrian šarru rabbu, šarru dannu, e.g. KBi. 94, 1. 1; הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֺל the h.p. Leviticus 21:10 + 20 times; (הָ)אִישׁ גָּדוֺל 1 Samuel 25:2; 2 Samuel 19:33; 2 Kings 5:1; אִשָּׁה גְדוֺלָה 2 Kings 4:8; גָּדוֺל a great man 2 Samuel 3:38; Micah 7:3; לֹא תֶהְדַּר מְּנֵי גָדוֺל thou shalt not honour (favour) the person of a great man (opposed to דָּל) Leviticus 19:15 (H); (הַ)גְּדוֺלִים the great 2 Samuel 7:9 = 1 Chronicles 17:8; Nehemiah 11:14 (see below) Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 25:6; Jeremiah 5:5 (2 Kings 10:11 LXX of Lucian (Lag.) ἀγχιστεύοντας, Klo גֹּאֲלָיו); further גְּדֹלֵי הָעִיר 2 Kings 10:6; (כָּל־)גְּדֹלָיו 2 Kings 10:11; Jonah 3:7; כָּל־ גְּדוֺלֶיהָ Nahum 3:10.
7. in phrases † עוֺד הַיּוֺם גָּדוֺל it is yet high day (French grand jour, German hoch am Tage, the day is at its height) Genesis 29:7; כַּקָּטֹן כַּגָּדֹל (or reverse) as well small as great Deuteronomy 1:17; 1 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Chronicles 26:13; 2 Chronicles 31:15; (לְ)מִקָּטֹן וְעַד גָּדוֺל (or reverse) from small to great Genesis 19:11; 1 Samuel 5:9; 1 Samuel 30:2, 19; 2 Kings 23:2; 2 Kings 25:26; 2 Chronicles 15:13; 34:30; Esther 1:5, 20; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:10; Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 42:1, 8; Jeremiah 44:12; Jonah 3:5.
8. construct גְּדֹל (הַ)כְּנָפַיִם great of wings Ezekiel 17:8, 7, so of anger Proverbs 19:19 (Qr); usually of God, in power Nahum 1:3, counsel Jeremiah 32:19, mercy Psalm 145:8.
9. as substantive concrete עשׂה גדלות do great things, of God's great acts of redemption and judgement Deuteronomy 10:21; Job 5:9; Job 9:10; Job 37:5; Psalm 71:19; Psalm 106:21; of the miracles of Elisha 2 Kings 8:4; of things too great and so presumptuous, haughty תבקשׁ ג׳ Jeremiah 45:5; מדברת ג׳ Psalm 12:4; לא הלכתי בג׳ Psalm 131:1 (compare Biblical Aramaic Daniel 7:8, 11, 20; also Revelation 13:5).
10. as substantive neuter greatness of arm Exodus 15:16; compare גָּבֹהַּ 4

הַגְּדוֺלִים proper name, masculine father of Zabdiel Nehemiah 11:14 (RV & so most; but Greek Version of the LXX RVm and others the great).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:21; 4:13; 4:13; 10:12; 10:21; 12:2; 12:17; 15:12; 15:14; 15:18; 19:11; 20:9; 27:1; 29:7; 29:16; 39:9; 39:14

Exodus

7:4; 11:3; 11:6; 15:16; 18:11; 18:22; 32:11

Leviticus

19:15; 21:10

Numbers

13:28; 22:18; 34:6

Deuteronomy

1:17; 1:19; 4:32; 4:34; 7:21; 10:17; 10:21; 11:7; 26:8; 27:2; 28:59; 29:23

Joshua

6:5; 7:9; 22:10

Judges

2:7

1 Samuel

4:17; 5:9; 12:16; 12:22; 19:5; 19:22; 25:2; 30:2; 30:19

2 Samuel

3:38; 5:10; 7:9; 18:9; 19:33

1 Kings

3:6; 8:42; 18:45

2 Kings

4:8; 5:1; 5:12; 8:4; 8:13; 10:6; 10:6; 10:11; 10:11; 10:11; 10:19; 18:19; 18:28; 23:2; 25:26

1 Chronicles

12:22; 16:25; 17:8; 25:8; 26:13

2 Chronicles

1:8; 2:4; 6:32; 9:17; 15:13; 31:15; 34:30

Nehemiah

1:5; 4:8; 8:6; 9:25; 9:26; 9:32; 11:14; 11:14; 12:31

Esther

1:5; 1:20; 9:4

Job

1:3; 5:9; 9:10; 37:5

Psalms

12:4; 21:6; 47:3; 48:2; 57:11; 71:19; 76:2; 77:14; 86:10; 86:13; 95:3; 95:3; 96:4; 99:2; 99:3; 106:21; 108:5; 111:2; 131:1; 135:5; 138:5; 145:3; 145:8; 145:8; 147:5

Proverbs

18:16; 19:19; 19:19; 25:6

Ecclesiastes

9:14

Isaiah

12:6; 36:4; 36:18; 38:3; 54:7

Jeremiah

5:5; 6:13; 6:13; 8:10; 10:6; 10:6; 21:5; 27:7; 30:7; 31:8; 31:34; 32:18; 32:19; 32:19; 42:1; 42:8; 44:12; 44:26; 45:5; 52:13

Ezekiel

9:7; 16:46; 17:3; 17:3; 17:7; 17:7; 17:8; 17:17; 36:23

Daniel

7:8; 7:11; 7:20; 9:4; 11:2

Hosea

2:2

Joel

2:11; 3:4

Jonah

2:1; 3:5; 3:7; 3:7; 4:6

Micah

7:3

Nahum

1:3; 1:3; 3:10; 3:10

Zephaniah

1:14

Zechariah

4:7

Malachi

1:11; 1:14; 4:5

Revelation

13:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1419 matches the Hebrew גָּדוֹל (gāḏôl),
which occurs 530 times in 499 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 10 (1Ki 20:21–2Ch 6:32)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:21 - And the king of Israel went out and struck down the horses and chariots, and struck the Arameans with a great H1419 slaughter.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:28 - Then a man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because the Arameans have said, “Yahweh is a god of the mountains, but He is not a god of the valleys,” therefore I will give all this great H1419 multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31 - Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two commanders of his chariots, saying, “Do not fight with small or great H1419, but with the king of Israel alone.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:27 - So he took his oldest son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great H1419 wrath against Israel, and they set out from him and returned to their own land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:8 -

Now there came a day when Elisha passed over to Shunem, where there was a [fn]prominent H1419 woman, and she prevailed upon him to eat [fn]food. Now it happened, as often as he passed by, that he turned in there to eat [fn]food.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 -

Now Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. [fn]As the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his young man, “Put on the large H1419 pot and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 -

Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great H1419 man [fn]with his master, and [fn]highly respected, because by him Yahweh had given salvation to Aram. The man was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13 - Then his servants approached and spoke to him and said, “My father, had the prophet spoken with you to do some great H1419 thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:23 - So he prepared a great H1419 feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - Now there was a great H1419 famine in Samaria. And behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for [fn]eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a [fn]kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - Now the Lord had caused the camp of the Arameans to hear a sound of chariots and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great H1419 military force, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:4 - Now the king was speaking with Gehazi, the young man of the man of God, saying, “Please recount to me all the great H1419 things H1419 that Elisha has done.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - Then Hazael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great H1419 thing?” And Elisha [fn]answered, “Yahweh has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6 - Then he wrote a letter to them a second time saying, “If you are on my side, and you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, your master’s sons, and come to me about this time tomorrow at Jezreel.” Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, were with the great H1419 men H1419 of the city, who were rearing them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:11 - So Jehu struck down all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great H1419 men H1419 and his acquaintances and his priests, until [fn]there was no survivor remaining for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - “So now, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his slaves and all his priests; let no one be missing, for I have a great H1419 sacrifice for Baal; whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it in [fn]cunning, so that he might cause the slaves of Baal to perish.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:10 - Now it happened that when they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high H1419 priest came up and tied it in bags and counted the money which was found in the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:15 - Then King Ahaz [fn]commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “Upon the great H1419 altar offer up in smoke the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering and the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land and their grain offering and their drink offerings; and splash on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. But the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:21 -

When He had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel away from following Yahweh and made them sin a great H1419 sin.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:36 - “But Yahweh, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great H1419 power and with an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall worship, and to Him you shall sacrifice.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:19 -

Then Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great H1419 king, the king of Assyria, “What is this trust that you have?

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:28 -

Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud H1419 voice in Judean, [fn]saying, “Hear the word of the great H1419 king, the king of Assyria.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:3 - “Remember now, O Yahweh, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept [fn]greatly H1419.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:4 - “Go up to Hilkiah the high H1419 priest that he may [fn]count the money brought into the house of Yahweh which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:8 -

Then Hilkiah the high H1419 priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan and he read it.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13 - “Go, inquire of Yahweh for me and the people and all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great H1419 is the wrath of Yahweh which is set aflame against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2 - And the king went up to the house of Yahweh and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great H1419; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 -

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high H1419 priest and the priests of the second order and the [fn]doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, for [fn]Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 -

However, Yahweh did not turn from His great H1419 burning anger, His anger which burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him to anger.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:9 - And he burned the house of Yahweh, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great H1419 house he burned with fire.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:26 - Then all the people, both small and great H1419, and the commanders of the military forces arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:9 - And David became greater and greater H1419, and Yahweh of hosts was with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:14 - But they took their stand in the midst of that portion and delivered it, and struck down the Philistines. So Yahweh saved them by a great H1419 salvation.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14 -

These of the sons of Gad were chiefs of the army; he who was least was equal to one hundred and the greatest H1419 to one thousand.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:22 - For day by day men came to David to help him, until there was a great H1419 camp like the camp of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:25 -

For great H1419 is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised;

And He is [fn]more [fn]fearsome than all gods.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:8 - “And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great H1419 men H1419 who are on the earth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:8 - “But the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have [fn]waged great H1419 wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before Me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - They cast lots for their responsibilities, each alongside the other, the small as well as the great H1419, the teacher as well as the pupil.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13 - And they cast lots, the small and the great H1419 alike, according to their fathers’ households, for every gate.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1 -

Then King David said to the entire assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great H1419; for the [fn]temple is not for man, but for Yahweh God.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9 - Then the people were glad because they had offered so willingly, for they made their freewill offering to Yahweh with a whole heart, and King David also was exceedingly glad.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - So they ate and drank that day before Yahweh with great H1419 gladness.

And they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and they anointed him as ruler for Yahweh and Zadok as priest.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:8 - Then Solomon said to God, “You have shown great H1419 lovingkindness to my father David, and have made me king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:10 - “Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can do justice for this great H1419 people of Yours?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:5 - “Now the house which I am about to build will be great H1419, for greater H1419 is our God than all the gods.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:9 - to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great H1419 and wonderful.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:5 - Now he overlaid the [fn]main H1419 room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and [fn]ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:9 - Then he made the court of the priests and the great H1419 court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:32 -

“Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, if he comes from a far country for Your great H1419 name’s sake and Your strong hand and Your outstretched arm, so if they come and pray toward this house,


BLB Searches
Search the Bible
LSB
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
LSB

Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan