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גָּדוֹלStrong’s H1419

gadol (ga-dol)

Appears in 497 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Gadol is the Hebrew word usually translated “great”, “large” and “old”. It appears in 497 verses of the Old Testament.

“Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.”
Daniel 8:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. Greatlarge (in magnitude and extent) · in number · in intensity · loud (in sound) · older (in age) · in importance · great things · haughty things · greatness
  2. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.14
  3. Adj
How it's translated
  • great 430
  • large 33
  • old 11
  • the great 8
  • and great 6
  • as the great 4
  • great of 4
  • a great 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 47
  • Deuteronomy 41
  • 1 Samuel 34
  • Ezekiel 33
  • Genesis 31
  • 2 Kings 28

35 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 497 verses, by book
Leviticus 2
19:1521:10
Ecclesiastes 3
9:139:1410:4
Lamentations 1
2:13
Hosea 1
1:11
Amos 1
6:11
Micah 1
7:3
Nahum 2
1:33:10
Zephaniah 2
1:101:14
Malachi 3
1:111:144:5
Hebrew dictionary

גָּדוֹל gadol · great

adj 1) great 1a) large (in magnitude and extent) 1b) in number 1c) in intensity 1d) loud (in sound) 1e) older (in age) 1f) in importance 1f1) important things 1f2) great, distinguished (of men) 1f3) God Himself (of God) subst 1g) great things 1h) haughty things 1i) greatness Also means: ga.dol (גָּדוֹל ": old" H1419K) § Haggedolim = "the great one" (CLBL) Haggedolim, the great man?, father of Zabdiel

גָּדוֹל gadol · Haggedolim

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.14 § Haggedolim = "the great one" (CLBL) Haggedolim, the great man?, father of Zabdiel

גָּדוֹל gadol · Great (Sea)

adj great Also named: pe.lish.ti (פְּלִשְׁתִּי "(Sea of the )Philistines" H6430I)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “great” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

GREAT, adjective

[Latin crassus.]

  1. Large in bulk or dimensions; a term of comparison, denoting more magnitude or extension than something else, or beyond what is usual; as a great body; a great house; a great farm.
  2. Being of extended length or breadth; as a great distance; a great lake.
  3. Large in number; as a great many; a great multitude.
  4. Expressing a large, extensive or unusual degree of any thing; as great fear; great love; great strength; great wealth; great power; great influence; great folly.
All definitions and other forms of “great”
  1. Long continued; as a great while.
  2. Important; weighty; as a great argument; a great truth; a great event; a thing of no great consequence; it is no great matter.
  3. Chief; principal; as the great seal of England.
  4. Chief; of vast power and excellence; supreme; illustrious; as the great God; the great Creator.
  5. Vast; extensive; wonderful; admirable.
  6. Possessing large or strong powers of mind; as a great genius.
  7. Having made extensive or unusual acquisitions of science or knowledge; as a great philosopher or botanist; a great scholar.
  8. Distinguished by rank, office or power; elevated; eminent; as a great lord; the great men of the nation; the great Mogul; Alexander the great
  9. Dignified in aspect, mien or manner.
  10. Magnanimous; generous; of elevated sentiments; high-minded.
  11. Rich; sumptuous; magnificent.
  12. Vast; sublime; as a great conception or idea.
  13. Dignified; noble.
  14. Swelling; proud; as, he was not disheartened by great looks.
  15. Chief; principal; much traveled; as a great road.
  16. Pregnant; teeming; as great with young.
  17. Hard; difficult.
  18. Familiar; intimate. [Vulgar.]
  19. Distinguished by extraordinary events, or unusual importance. Jude 1:6
  20. Denoting a degree of consanguinity, in the ascending or descending line, as great grandfather, the father of a grandfather; great great grandfather, the father of a great grandfather, and so on indefinitely; and great grandson, great great grandson. etc.
  21. Superior; preeminent; as great chamberlain; great marshal.

GREAT, noun

The whole; the gross; the lump or mass; as, a carpenter contracts to build a ship by the great

  1. People of rank or distinction.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.