Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1431
גָּדַל
ga.dal · “to magnify”
Used 116 times across 31 books
Definition
1) to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to grow up
1a2) to become great
1a3) to be magnified
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to cause to grow
1b2) to make great, powerful
1b3) to magnify
1c) (Pual) to be brought up
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to make great
1d2) to magnify
1d3) to do great things
1e) (Hithpael) to magnify oneself
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to grow up
1a2) to become great
1a3) to be magnified
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to cause to grow
1b2) to make great, powerful
1b3) to magnify
1c) (Pual) to be brought up
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to make great
1d2) to magnify
1d3) to do great things
1e) (Hithpael) to magnify oneself
Where it appears
Genesis14
Exodus2
Numbers2
Joshua2
Judges2
Ruth1
1 Samuel6
2 Samuel4
1 Kings5
2 Kings2
1 Chronicles4
2 Chronicles4
Ezra1
Esther3
Job4
Psalms17
Ecclesiastes3
Isaiah9
Jeremiah3
Lamentations2
Ezekiel5
Daniel9
Hosea1
Joel2
Amos1
Obadiah1
Jonah1
Micah1
Zephaniah2
Zechariah2
Malachi1
In the text
Genesis 12:2And 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 19:13For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.Genesis 19:19Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:Genesis 21:8And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.Genesis 21:20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.Genesis 24:35And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.Genesis 25:27And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.Genesis 26:13And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:Genesis 38:11Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
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