גָּדַל
gâdal · gaw-dal'
to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to twist (compare H1434 (גְּדִל)), i.e.
to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to... estate, [phrase] things), grow(up), increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
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
- 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 › authority, the one who leads
To carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּדַל 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
117 occurrences · 117 OT · 0 NT · 94 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- great8 · 15%
- grew6 · 12%
- great things4 · 8%
- be magnified4 · 8%
- was grown3 · 6%
- magnified2 · 4%
- and magnified2 · 4%
- that were grown up2 · 4%
- exceeded2 · 4%
- greater2 · 4%
- and make2 · 4%
- that were brought up2 · 4%
- and thou hast magnified1 · 2%
- be great1 · 2%
- grow1 · 2%
- is waxen great1 · 2%
- and he also shall be great1 · 2%
- will i be greater1 · 2%
- be grown1 · 2%
- until he became1 · 2%
- waxed great1 · 2%
- shall be greater1 · 2%
- and he is become great1 · 2%
- and he grew1 · 2%
- thee, and make1 · 2%
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.