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Word Study · Strong's H1431 · Hebrew

גָּדַל

gadal

gaw-dal'

Strong's 1890 spelling: gâdal

to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)

Rendered in the KJV as

advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to... estate, [phrase] things), grow(up), increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.

  • 117
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 31 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 94
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 117 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 94

  • גָּדְל֣וּ5
  • יִגְדַּ֣ל5
  • הִגְדִּ֖יל4
  • הִגְדִּ֑יל3
  • וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל3
  • וַיִּגְדַּל֙3
  • הִגְדִּ֥יל2
  • הִגְדִּ֣יל2
  • הִגְדִּֽיל׃2
  • וְגָד֑וֹל2
  • וְיִגְדַּ֨ל2
  • וַיִּגְדָּ֑ל2

and 82 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 80

  • and he grew up8
  • he has made great6
  • they had grown up4
  • and becoming great3
  • and he became great3
  • it has magnified itself3
  • and it became great2
  • and may he make great2
  • and they grew up2
  • he had made great him2
  • he is great2
  • he made great2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 56

  • verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular14
  • Hc/Vqw3ms13
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular10
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural6
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute3
  • Hc/Vqw3fs3
  • verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular3
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular3
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular3
  • Hc/Vhw3mp2
  • HC/Vpu3ms2
  • HC/Vqu3ms2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HVhp3ms · 14
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 13
  • HVqi3ms · 10
  • HVqp3cp · 6
  • HC/Vqaa · 3
  • Hc/Vqw3fs · 3
  • HVpp3ms · 3
  • HVqp3fs · 3
  • HVqp3ms · 3
  • Hc/Vhw3mp · 2
  • HC/Vpu3ms · 2
  • HC/Vqu3ms · 2

All 117, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis14 occurrences
Exodus2 occurrences
Numbers2 occurrences
Joshua2 occurrences
Judges2 occurrences
Ruth1 occurrence
1 Samuel6 occurrences
2 Samuel4 occurrences
1 Kings5 occurrences
2 Kings2 occurrences
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
Ezra1 occurrence
Esther4 occurrences
Job4 occurrences
Psalms16 occurrences
Ecclesiastes3 occurrences
Isaiah9 occurrences
Jeremiah3 occurrences
Lamentations2 occurrences
Ezekiel5 occurrences
Daniel9 occurrences
Hosea1 occurrence
Joel2 occurrences
Amos1 occurrence
Obadiah1 occurrence
Jonah1 occurrence
Micah1 occurrence
Zephaniah2 occurrences
Zechariah2 occurrences
Malachi1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).