גָּדוֹל gadol

Hebrew word for “great” · Strong’s H1419 · used 526 times in 497 verses

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Meaning

adj; 1) great; 1a) large (in magnitude and extent);

Senses in the lexicon

• great: large (497)
• great: old (15)
• Great (Sea) (13)
• Haggedolim (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for gadol in context, with how often each is used:

• great 439
• large 34
• old 11
• great things 10
• great people 8
• great person 4
• will be great 4
• loud 3
• old one 2
• too great 1
• greatness 1
• large thing 1

Where it is used

Also in 23 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 4 (8), Joshua 10 (6), Nehemiah 9 (6), Jeremiah 32 (6), Jonah 1 (6), Genesis 27 (5), Exodus 32 (5), 1 Samuel 6 (5), Daniel 11 (5), Deuteronomy 1 (4)

Forms

• גדול 179
• הגדול 89
• גדולה 72
• גדלות 29
• הגדולה 28
• גדלים 21
• גדלה 21
• הגדל 18
• הגדלים 9
• הגדלה 9

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gadol more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• קָטָן qatan “small” 48
• עַד ad “till” 76
• קוֹל qol “voice” 47
• מְאֹד meod “much” 38
• זֶה zeh “this” 52
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 36
• רָאָה raah “to see” 41
• עִיר ir “city” 37
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 31
• יָרֵא yare “to fear” 27
• רַב rav “many” 29
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 37

Key verses

The verses using gadol that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 12:2 — And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
• Genesis 15:18 — In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river…
• Deuteronomy 4:34 — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand,…
• 2 Kings 20:3 — I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And…
• Nehemiah 9:26 — Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn…
• Isaiah 12:6 — Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
• Jeremiah 27:5 — I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet…
• Jeremiah 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto…
• Jeremiah 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
• Daniel 12:1 — And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never…
• Zechariah 3:1 — And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
• Malachi 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.