גָּדַל gadal
Hebrew word for “to magnify” · Strong’s H1431 · used 117 times in 114 verses
Meaning
1) to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things;
How it is translated
Glosses given for gadal in context, with how often each is used:
- grew up 12
- great 9
- became great 7
- has made great 6
- had grown up 5
- made great 5
- will make great 4
- will be great 4
- make great 4
- have made great 3
- becoming great 3
- has magnified itself 3
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 16 | 0.8 | |
| Genesis | 14 | 0.7 | |
| Isaiah | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Daniel | 9 | 1.5 | |
| 1 Samuel | 6 | 0.5 | |
| 1 Kings | 5 | 0.4 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Ezekiel | 5 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Samuel | 4 | 0.4 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Esther | 4 | 1.3 | |
| Job | 4 | 0.5 |
Also in 19 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 8 (6), Genesis 19 (2), Genesis 21 (2), Genesis 38 (2), Exodus 2 (2), 2 Samuel 7 (2), 1 Kings 1 (2), 1 Kings 12 (2), 1 Chronicles 29 (2), 2 Chronicles 10 (2)
Forms
- ויגדל 18
- הגדיל 13
- יגדל 11
- גדלו 9
- גדל 7
- גדלה 4
- ותגדל 4
- ויגדלו 3
- תגדל 3
- וגדול 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with gadal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עַד ad “till” 14
- עִם im “with” 13
- יֶלֶד yeled “youth” 7
- רוּם rum “to exalt” 8
- שֵׁם shem “name” 11
- דָּוִד david “David” 11
- שָׂמַח samach “to rejoice” 7
- אֵת et “with” 10
- שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 7
- צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 8
- מְאֹד meod “much” 7
- גַּם gam “also” 8
Key verses
The verses using gadal 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:
- 1 Chronicles 29:12 — Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give…
- Ezra 9:6 — And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up…
- Psalms 35:26 — Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against…
- Isaiah 1:2 — Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
- Isaiah 42:21 — The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
- Jeremiah 48:26 — Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
- Lamentations 1:9 — Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for…
- Daniel 11:36 — And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God…
- Hosea 9:12 — Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
- Obadiah 1:12 — But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of…
- Micah 5:4 — And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto…
See all 114 verses in the Word Atlas
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.