גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) means “great: large” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: gaw-dole' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
גָּדוֹל · ga.dol · great: large
adj 1) great 1a) large (in magnitude and extent) 1b) in number 1c) in intensity 1d) loud (in sound) 1e) older (in age) 1f) in importance 1f1) important things 1f2) great, distinguished (of men) 1f3) God Himself (of God) subst 1g) great things 1h) haughty things 1i) greatness Also means: ga.dol (גָּדוֹל ": old" H1419K) § Haggedolim = "the great one" (CLBL) Haggedolim, the great man?, father of Zabdiel
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גָּדוֹל · ga.dol · Haggedolim
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.14 § Haggedolim = "the great one" (CLBL) Haggedolim, the great man?, father of Zabdiel
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גָּדוֹל · ga.dol · Great (Sea)
adj great Also named: pe.lish.ti (פְּלִשְׁתִּי "(Sea of the )Philistines" H6430I)
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גָּדוֹל · ga.dol · great: old
adj 1) great 1a) large (in magnitude and extent) 1b) in number 1c) in intensity 1d) loud (in sound) 1e) older (in age) 1f) in importance 1f1) important things 1f2) great, distinguished (of men) 1f3) God Himself (of God) subst 1g) great things 1h) haughty things 1i) greatness § Haggedolim = "the great one" (CLBL) Haggedolim, the great man?, father of Zabdiel
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or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from H1431 (גָּדַל); great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV glosses: [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| great | 60 |
| a great | 43 |
| the great | 37 |
| the high | 13 |
| with great | 13 |
| and great | 11 |
| the greatest | 11 |
| of the great | 9 |
| a large | 8 |
| in a loud | 7 |
| great is | 6 |
| large | 6 |
| old | 6 |
| greater | 5 |
| is great | 5 |
| of the high | 5 |
| a mighty | 4 |
| bitterly | 4 |
| great things | 4 |
| is greater | 4 |
| will be great | 4 |
| with a great | 4 |
| and the large | 3 |
| by your great | 3 |
| even greater | 3 |
| greatly | 3 |
| into a great | 3 |
| loudly | 3 |
| o great | 3 |
| of great | 3 |
| terrible | 3 |
| the large | 3 |
| the older | 3 |
| there was great | 3 |
| and a great | 2 |
| and old alike | 2 |
| are great | 2 |
| are large | 2 |
| both great | 2 |
| by my great | 2 |
| gave a great | 2 |
| great enough | 2 |
| his great | 2 |
| is a great | 2 |
| is my older | 2 |
| loud | 2 |
| much | 2 |
| of your great | 2 |
| severe | 2 |
| significant | 2 |
| vast | 2 |
| wealthy | 2 |
| with a loud | 2 |
| you into a great | 2 |
| your great | 2 |
| your older | 2 |
| a huge | 1 |
| a land with great | 1 |
| a loud | 1 |
| a monstrous | 1 |
| a solemn | 1 |
| a strong | 1 |
| a terrible | 1 |
| a vast | 1 |
| am a great | 1 |
| and a heavy | 1 |
| and a large | 1 |
| and a loud | 1 |
| and a prominent | 1 |
| and abounding | 1 |
| and by great | 1 |
| and by mighty | 1 |
| and catapult large | 1 |
| and great alike | 1 |
| and his nobles | 1 |
| and it concerned a great | 1 |
| and loud | 1 |
| and our great | 1 |
| and such a violent | 1 |
| and terrible | 1 |
| and the great | 1 |
| and the greatest | 1 |
| and the high | 1 |
| and with a large | 1 |
| and with great | 1 |
| and with mighty | 1 |
| are in great | 1 |
| are larger | 1 |
| are strong | 1 |
| as a great | 1 |
| as i could | 1 |
| at the top | 1 |
| better | 1 |
| both large | 1 |
| broad | 1 |
| but with a mighty | 1 |
| but with great | 1 |
| by a crushing | 1 |
| by a great | 1 |
| by the leading men | 1 |
| by the power | 1 |
| even great | 1 |
| exercised great | 1 |
| extends | 1 |
| far | 1 |
| for your great | 1 |
| forming a great | 1 |
| from the greatest | 1 |
| give a mighty | 1 |
| great alike | 1 |
| great are | 1 |
| great mansions | 1 |
| great men | 1 |
| great will be | 1 |
| greatest | 1 |
| had given them great | 1 |
| haggedolim | 1 |
| has been great | 1 |
| he had a great | 1 |
| her mighty | 1 |
| her nobles | 1 |
| his great men | 1 |
| his large | 1 |
| his older | 1 |
| i am very | 1 |
| in a great | 1 |
| in a terrible | 1 |
| in great | 1 |
| in whole | 1 |
| in your great | 1 |
| into great | 1 |
| is as deep | 1 |
| is mighty | 1 |
| is so great | 1 |
| lays great | 1 |
| louder | 1 |
| major | 1 |
| many | 1 |
| marvelous | 1 |
| miraculous | 1 |
| my great | 1 |
| near a large | 1 |
| now when davids oldest | 1 |
| o high | 1 |
| of a large | 1 |
| of great men | 1 |
| of her older | 1 |
| of his burning | 1 |
| of his great | 1 |
| of my great | 1 |
| older | 1 |
| oldest | 1 |
| one heavy | 1 |
| one large | 1 |
| or great | 1 |
| preeminent | 1 |
| raised | 1 |
| reaches | 1 |
| regarded | 1 |
| shouting in a very loud | 1 |
| so great | 1 |
| so the king prepared a great | 1 |
| some large | 1 |
| such great | 1 |
| such tremendous | 1 |
| the great things | 1 |
| the greater | 1 |
| the larger | 1 |
| the main | 1 |
| the noise of great | 1 |
| the one great | 1 |
| the powerful | 1 |
| the sound of great | 1 |
| the vast | 1 |
| then a great | 1 |
| then large | 1 |
| then they made a great | 1 |
| therefore great | 1 |
| they were deeply | 1 |
| to do some great | 1 |
| to great things | 1 |
| to her older | 1 |
| to the rich | 1 |
| violent | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| was a great | 1 |
| was great | 1 |
| was greater than | 1 |
| was greatly | 1 |
| was large | 1 |
| was larger | 1 |
| were even more | 1 |
| were laid with large | 1 |
| what a great | 1 |
| when the powerful | 1 |
| who is great | 1 |
| who is highest | 1 |
| with a large | 1 |
| with a mighty | 1 |
| with a serious | 1 |
| with his mighty | 1 |
| with large | 1 |
| with many | 1 |
| with severe | 1 |
| with such a great | 1 |
| with such a mighty | 1 |
| with such intensity | 1 |
| with the oldest | 1 |
| you through the vast | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| great | 92 |
| a great | 47 |
| with a loud | 19 |
| and great | 18 |
| the great | 18 |
| the high | 16 |
| with a great | 15 |
| with great | 14 |
| greater | 11 |
| and a great | 10 |
| this great | 10 |
| for great | 9 |
| of the great | 9 |
| of a great | 6 |
| all this great | 5 |
| and the great | 5 |
| great things | 5 |
| and there was a great | 4 |
| of great | 4 |
| of the high | 4 |
| sore | 4 |
| that great | 4 |
| and in great | 3 |
| and with great | 3 |
| even unto the great | 3 |
| even unto the greatest | 3 |
| exceedingly | 3 |
| or more | 3 |
| them with a great | 3 |
| all the great | 2 |
| aloud | 2 |
| and of great | 2 |
| as the great | 2 |
| by a great | 2 |
| by my great | 2 |
| by thy great | 2 |
| either great | 2 |
| eldest | 2 |
| from the great | 2 |
| his eldest | 2 |
| in great | 2 |
| my great | 2 |
| nor great | 2 |
| of thee a great | 2 |
| of this great | 2 |
| on the great | 2 |
| or great | 2 |
| the elder | 2 |
| thee a great | 2 |
| thee great | 2 |
| to the great | 2 |
| toward the great | 2 |
| unto the great | 2 |
| a great multitude | 1 |
| a man | 1 |
| abundant | 1 |
| all | 1 |
| all that great | 1 |
| and a great man | 1 |
| and against great | 1 |
| and all her great men | 1 |
| and all his great men | 1 |
| and by great | 1 |
| and every great | 1 |
| and for our great | 1 |
| and greater | 1 |
| and grew great | 1 |
| and hast great | 1 |
| and his nobles | 1 |
| and i am very | 1 |
| and in all the great | 1 |
| and the greater | 1 |
| and the greatest | 1 |
| and the high | 1 |
| and there hath been also a great | 1 |
| and there was a mighty | 1 |
| and there was great | 1 |
| and there was there a great | 1 |
| and thine elder | 1 |
| and those great | 1 |
| and unto the great | 1 |
| and with a great | 1 |
| as this great | 1 |
| as well as the great | 1 |
| as well to the great | 1 |
| at the eldest | 1 |
| at the great | 1 |
| because of all the great | 1 |
| behold my elder | 1 |
| behold with a great | 1 |
| both the great | 1 |
| both to great | 1 |
| both unto great | 1 |
| by great | 1 |
| by thy mighty | 1 |
| even great | 1 |
| even to the greatest | 1 |
| even without great | 1 |
| every great | 1 |
| for her with great | 1 |
| for him a great | 1 |
| for him this great | 1 |
| for his great | 1 |
| for i have a great | 1 |
| for thee these great | 1 |
| for they had made a great | 1 |
| for this great | 1 |
| for thy great | 1 |
| from the greatest | 1 |
| great men | 1 |
| greater and greater | 1 |
| her elder | 1 |
| her exceedingly | 1 |
| him a great | 1 |
| him into a great | 1 |
| him with a great | 1 |
| him with great | 1 |
| in a great | 1 |
| long | 1 |
| me i pray thee all the great things | 1 |
| me i pray thee wherein thy great | 1 |
| me unto the great men | 1 |
| me wherein thy great | 1 |
| mighty | 1 |
| mine elder | 1 |
| myself in great matters | 1 |
| none greater | 1 |
| of her eldest | 1 |
| of his great | 1 |
| of the elder | 1 |
| of the great men | 1 |
| of the mighty | 1 |
| of thee a greater | 1 |
| of them even unto the greatest | 1 |
| of them unto the greatest | 1 |
| of thy great | 1 |
| out of her the great | 1 |
| over against the great | 1 |
| over him a great | 1 |
| proud | 1 |
| shall be greater than | 1 |
| shall surely become a great | 1 |
| so great | 1 |
| so there was great | 1 |
| surely this great | 1 |
| the great men | 1 |
| the greater | 1 |
| thee but with great | 1 |
| thee greater | 1 |
| thee his great | 1 |
| thee through that great | 1 |
| them exceedingly | 1 |
| them the great | 1 |
| them with a mighty | 1 |
| themselves in thy great | 1 |
| there shall be a great | 1 |
| therefore came a great | 1 |
| thereon a great | 1 |
| thine elder | 1 |
| those great | 1 |
| thou great things | 1 |
| thou o great | 1 |
| through this great | 1 |
| thus unto this great | 1 |
| thy great | 1 |
| to a great | 1 |
| to the greater | 1 |
| unto thy great | 1 |
| upon the great | 1 |
| upon them by the greatness | 1 |
| upon us a great | 1 |
| us this great | 1 |
| very | 1 |
| was a great | 1 |
| was exceeding | 1 |
| was the greatest | 1 |
| wherein his great | 1 |
| with him a great | 1 |
| with his mighty | 1 |
| with the great men | 1 |
| ye shall even have the great | 1 |
| yet high | 1 |
| you a mighty | 1 |
| you great | 1 |
Page 4 of 10. 497 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
Read word by wordNow the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
Read word by wordNow when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
Read word by wordThen Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
Read word by wordHe took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
Read word by wordWhen war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.
Read word by wordFinally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.
Read word by word“Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”
Read word by wordWas that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
Read word by wordThen David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
Read word by wordNow there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
Read word by wordWhen Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
Read word by wordBut when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”
Read word by wordThey had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.
Read word by wordSo he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
Read word by wordNothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
Read word by wordThen the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
Read word by wordI have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
Read word by wordThen Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
Read word by word“No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.
Read word by wordAnd as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
Read word by wordEveryone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
Read word by wordThere the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
Read word by wordNow Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
Read word by wordThey took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
Read word by wordThe king asked, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was.”
Read word by wordBut the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.5
Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.33
And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
Read word by wordbut Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
Read word by wordBut Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory.
Read word by wordAll the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.
Read word by wordKing Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
Read word by wordNow the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
Read word by wordSolomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
Read word by wordBen-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
Read word by wordAnd the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.31
All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.
Read word by wordThe foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.
Read word by wordThe great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordfor they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
Read word by wordAnd he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:
Read word by wordSo at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
Read word by wordAdditionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
Read word by wordAt noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
Read word by wordSo they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
Read word by wordMeanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
Read word by wordThen the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.
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