Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1420
גְּדוּלָה
gedulahghed-oo-law'
greatness
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gᵉdûwlâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1420is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1420
greatness; (concretely) mighty acts
The King James renders it: dignity, great things(-ness), majesty.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gedulah is rendered "greatness". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 7:21For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
2 Samuel 7:21הַגְּדוּלָּ֖ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's twelve uses are in 1 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the greatness4
- and greatness1
- and greatness your1
- and to greatness his1
- great things1
- greatness his1
- greatness my1
- greatness of1
- the greatnesses1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| גְּדוּד | gedud | band | Uses33 |
| גְּדִי | gedi | kid | Uses16 |
| גְּדֵרָה | gederah | wall | Uses9 |
| גְּדַד | gedad | to chop | Uses2 |
| גְּדִל | gedil | tassel | Uses2 |
| גְּדוּד | gedud | furrow | Uses2 |
| גְּדָבָר | gedabar | treasurer | Uses2 |
| גְּדֵרִי | Gederi | Gederite | Uses1 |
| גְּדוּפָה | geduphah | taunt | Uses1 |
| גְּדִיָּה | gediah | kid | Uses1 |
| גְּדֵרָתִי | Gederathi | Gederathite | Uses1 |
| גְּדוּדָה | gedudah | furrow | Usesnot recorded |
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַגְּדוּלָּ֖ה2
- גְּדוּלָּת֑וֹ1
- גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת1
- גְּדֻלַּ֣ת1
- גְּֽדֻלָּתִ֗י1
- הַגְּדוּלָּ֤ה1
- הַגְּדֻלָּ֨ה1
- הַגְּדֻלּֽוֹת׃1
- וּגְדוּלָּ֛ה1
- וּגְדוּלָּתְךָ֥1
- וְ֝לִגְדֻלָּת֗וֹ1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4HTd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HTd/Ncfpa
2 Samuel
two uses
For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
- הַגְּדוּלָּ֖הhagedulahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the greatness
And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
- הַגְּדוּלָּ֤הhagedulahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the greatness
1 Chronicles
four uses
O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed all Your greatness.
- הַגְּדוּלָּ֖הhagedulahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the greatness
- הַגְּדֻלּֽוֹת׃hagedulotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the greatnesses
And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
- גְּדֻלּ֣וֹתgedulotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: great things
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
- הַגְּדֻלָּ֨הhagedulahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the greatness
Esther
three uses
And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
- גְּדוּלָּת֑וֹgedulatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: greatness his
The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
- וּגְדוּלָּ֛הugedulahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and greatness
And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
- גְּדֻלַּ֣תgedulatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: greatness of
Psalms
three uses
You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
- גְּֽדֻלָּתִ֗יgedulatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: greatness my
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
- וְ֝לִגְדֻלָּת֗וֹveligdulatoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and to greatness his
They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.
- וּגְדוּלָּתְךָ֥ugeduloteikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and greatness your
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.