גָּדַלgâdal
grow up, become great
Pronunciation: gaw-dal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1431
Meanings
Qal
1. grow up
a. he grew up to me as to a father (Genesis 21:8; Genesis 21:20; Genesis 25:27)
2. become great
b. prized by (1 Samuel 26:24)
f. of God (2 Samuel 7:22; Psalms 104:1; Psalms 92:6)
3. to be magnified
Pi`el
1. cause to grow (Numbers 6:5; Jonah 4:10; Isaiah 44:14)
2. make great, powerful (Genesis 12:2; Joshua 3:7; Joshua 4:14)
3. magnify
Pu`al: brought up (Psalms 144:12)
Hiph`il
1. make great (Amos 8:5; Ezekiel 24:9; Isaiah 9:2)
2. magnify (Psalms 18:51; 2 Samuel 22:51; Genesis 19:19)
3. do great things
Hithpa`el: I will magnify myself, magnify oneself against, shew myself great and powerful (of God), with עַלin a bad sense (Ezekiel 38:23; Isaiah 10:15; Daniel 11:36)
Same root
- גְּדִלgᵉdil · H1434thread, i.e. a tassel or festoon
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwl · H1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- גָּדֵלgâdêl · H1432large (literally or figuratively)
- גֹּדֶלgôdel · H1433magnitude (literally or figuratively)
- גִּדֵּלGiddêl · H1435Giddel, the name of one of the Nethinim, also of one of 'Solomon's servants'
- גְּדַּלְיָהGᵉdalyâh · H1436Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites
- גִּדַּלְתִּיGiddaltîy · H1437Giddalti, an Israelite
- יִגְדַּלְיָהוּYigdalyâhûw · H3012Jigdaljah, an Israelite
Where it appears
Appears 117 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 12:2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
- Genesis 19:13 For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has reached the Lord, and he has sent us to destroy it.”
- Genesis 19:19 “You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.
- Genesis 21:8 When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion.
- Genesis 21:20 And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,
- Genesis 24:35 “And the Lord has greatly blessed my master; he has become a wealthy man. The Lord has given him flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, a fortune in silver and gold, and many male and female servants and camels and donkeys.
See every passage
- Genesis 12:2, 19:13, 19:19, 21:8, 21:20, 24:35, 25:27, 26:13, 38:11, 38:14, 41:40, 48:19
- Exodus 2:10, 2:11
- Numbers 6:5, 14:17
- Joshua 3:7, 4:14
- Judges 11:2, 13:24
- Ruth 1:13
- 1 Samuel 2:21, 3:19, 12:24, 20:41, 26:24
- 2 Samuel 5:10, 7:22, 7:26, 12:3
- 1 Kings 1:37, 1:47, 10:23, 12:8, 12:10
- 2 Kings 4:18, 10:6
- 1 Chronicles 11:9, 17:24, 22:5, 29:12, 29:25
- 2 Chronicles 1:1, 9:22, 10:8, 10:10
- Ezra 9:6
- Esther 3:1, 5:11, 9:4, 10:2
- Job 2:13, 7:17, 19:5, 31:18
- Psalms 18:50, 34:3, 35:26, 35:27, 38:16, 40:16, 41:9, 55:12, 69:30, 70:4, 92:5, 104:1, 126:2, 126:3, 138:2, 144:12
- Ecclesiastes 1:16, 2:4, 2:9
- Isaiah 1:2, 9:3, 10:15, 23:4, 28:29, 42:21, 44:14, 49:21, 51:18
- Jeremiah 5:27, 48:26, 48:42
- Lamentations 1:9, 4:6
- Ezekiel 16:7, 24:9, 31:4, 35:13, 38:23
- Daniel 1:5, 8:4, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:25, 11:36, 11:37
- Hosea 9:12
- Joel 2:20, 2:21
- Amos 8:5
- Obadiah 1:12
- Jonah 4:10
- Micah 5:4
- Zephaniah 2:8, 2:10
- Zechariah 12:7, 12:11
- Malachi 1:5
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).