גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl · gaw-dole'
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
Lexicon
Derivation: or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from H1431 (גָּדַל);
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- great (in any sense)
- hence, older
- also, insolent
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּדוֹל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
526 occurrences · 526 OT · 0 NT · 191 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- great58 · 20%
- a great37 · 13%
- with a loud19 · 6%
- and great18 · 6%
- with a great15 · 5%
- the high15 · 5%
- with great14 · 5%
- the great14 · 5%
- is great13 · 4%
- and a great10 · 3%
- this great9 · 3%
- of the great9 · 3%
- for great9 · 3%
- of a great6 · 2%
- greater5 · 2%
- great things5 · 2%
- all this great5 · 2%
- and the great5 · 2%
- sore4 · 1%
- is greater4 · 1%
- of the high4 · 1%
- that great4 · 1%
- and there was a great4 · 1%
- of great4 · 1%
- and with great3 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.