גְּדוּלָה
gᵉdûwlâh · ghed-oo-law'
greatness; (concretely) mighty acts
Lexicon
Derivation: or גְּדֻלָּה; (shortened) or (less accurately) גְּדוּלָּה; feminine of H1419 (גָּדוֹל);
greatness; (concretely) mighty acts
- greatness
- (concretely) mighty acts
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dignity, great things(-ness), majesty.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
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 reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּדוּלָה 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- all these great things2 · 17%
- for you great things1 · 8%
- all this greatness1 · 8%
- of greatness1 · 8%
- is the greatness1 · 8%
- majesty1 · 8%
- and dignity1 · 8%
- of the greatness1 · 8%
- my greatness1 · 8%
- and his greatness1 · 8%
- thy greatness1 · 8%
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.