Growing
גָּדֵלStrong’s H1432gadel (ga-del)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gadel is the Hebrew word usually translated “becoming great”, “growing up” and “becoming great of”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:”
Meaning
- Becoming great, growing up
How it's translated
- and becoming great 2
- and growing up 1
- becoming great of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Ezekiel 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 2:26And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
- 2 Chronicles 17:12And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
- Ezekiel 16:26Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
Hebrew dictionary
גָּדֵל gadel · growing
becoming great, growing up
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “growing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GROWING, participle present
tense Increasing; advancing in size or extent; becoming; accruing; swelling; thriving.
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.