Greatness
גְּדוּלָּהStrong’s H1420gedulah (ge-du-lah)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gedulah is the Hebrew word usually translated “greatness”, “great things” and “greatness his”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.”
Meaning
- Greatnessof man · of God's greatness (as an attribute)
How it's translated
- the greatness 4
- greatness 1
- great things 1
- greatness his 1
- and greatness 1
- greatness of 1
- greatness my 1
- and to greatness his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 3
- Esther 3
- Psalms 3
- 2 Samuel 2
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 7:23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
- 1 Chronicles 17:19O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
- 1 Chronicles 17:21And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
- 1 Chronicles 29:11Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
- Esther 1:4When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
- Esther 6:3And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
Hebrew dictionary
גְּדוּלָּה gedulah · greatness
1) greatness 1a) of man 1b) of God's greatness (as an attribute)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “greatness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GREATNESS, noun
Largeness of bulk, dimensions, number or quantity; as the greatness of a mountain, of an edifice, of a multitude, or of a sum of money. With reference to solid bodies, however, we more generally use bulk, size, extent or magnitude than greatness; as the bulk or size of the body; the extent of the ocean; the magnitude of the sun or of the earth.
- Large amount; extent; as the greatness of a reward.
- High degree; as the greatness of virtue or vice.
- High rank or place; elevation; dignity; distinction; eminence; power; command.
- Swelling pride; affected state.
All definitions
- Magnanimity; elevation of sentiment; nobleness; as greatness of mind.
- Strength or extent of intellectual faculties; as the greatness of genius.
- Large extent or variety; as the greatness of a man's acquisitions.
- Grandeur; pomp; magnificence.
- Force; intensity; as the greatness of sound, of passion, heat, etc.
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.