גָּדַל (ga.dal) means “to magnify” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: gaw-dal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
גָּדַל · ga.dal · to magnify
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
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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)
KJV glosses: 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.
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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 | 9 |
| had grown up | 6 |
| grew | 4 |
| be magnified | 3 |
| grew up | 3 |
| and greater | 2 |
| exalted | 2 |
| great things | 2 |
| surpassed | 2 |
| against its people is so great | 1 |
| and became great | 1 |
| and exalt him | 1 |
| and excellent | 1 |
| and grew | 1 |
| and he grew up | 1 |
| and he has become rich | 1 |
| and increase | 1 |
| and increased | 1 |
| and it grew up | 1 |
| and magnified | 1 |
| and magnify himself | 1 |
| and matured | 1 |
| and mocking | 1 |
| and threatened | 1 |
| be greater | 1 |
| became richer and richer | 1 |
| boast | 1 |
| boast proudly | 1 |
| even greater | 1 |
| exalted be | 1 |
| exalted him | 1 |
| great things he has done | 1 |
| great you are | 1 |
| greater | 1 |
| grow | 1 |
| grow up | 1 |
| grows up | 1 |
| had grown older | 1 |
| had honored | 1 |
| had raised him | 1 |
| has lifted up | 1 |
| has reached | 1 |
| has reared them | 1 |
| has triumphed | 1 |
| have exalted | 1 |
| have grown | 1 |
| he has magnified himself | 1 |
| he vaunted himself | 1 |
| he will magnify himself | 1 |
| he will make himself great | 1 |
| high | 1 |
| his greatness will extend | 1 |
| honored | 1 |
| i expanded | 1 |
| i have raised | 1 |
| i reared him | 1 |
| i will magnify | 1 |
| is great | 1 |
| is greater | 1 |
| it grew as high | 1 |
| it magnified itself | 1 |
| made grow | 1 |
| made it grow | 1 |
| magnificent | 1 |
| magnify | 1 |
| makes it grow | 1 |
| may those who exalt themselves | 1 |
| more and more powerful | 1 |
| nurtured | 1 |
| raised | 1 |
| shall be great | 1 |
| shall be greater | 1 |
| she brought up | 1 |
| so i became great | 1 |
| they have become powerful | 1 |
| they raise | 1 |
| they were to be trained | 1 |
| those who taunt | 1 |
| to exalt | 1 |
| to exalt you | 1 |
| to magnify | 1 |
| was | 1 |
| wept more | 1 |
| were being brought up | 1 |
| who rises | 1 |
| will be as great | 1 |
| will be magnified | 1 |
| will i be greater | 1 |
| you boasted | 1 |
| you should exalt him | 1 |
| you would exalt yourselves | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| great | 8 |
| grew | 6 |
| be magnified | 4 |
| great things | 4 |
| was grown | 3 |
| and magnified | 2 |
| and make | 2 |
| exceeded | 2 |
| greater | 2 |
| magnified | 2 |
| that were brought up | 2 |
| that were grown up | 2 |
| advanced | 1 |
| and became great | 1 |
| and he also shall be great | 1 |
| and he grew | 1 |
| and he is become great | 1 |
| and he shall magnify | 1 |
| and it grew up | 1 |
| and it waxed great | 1 |
| and thou hast magnified | 1 |
| and waxen great | 1 |
| and who hath brought up | 1 |
| and will magnify | 1 |
| be great | 1 |
| be grown | 1 |
| be much set by | 1 |
| because he hath magnified | 1 |
| did magnify | 1 |
| do not magnify | 1 |
| doth nourish | 1 |
| excellent | 1 |
| for fire great | 1 |
| for he magnified | 1 |
| for he shall magnify | 1 |
| for now shall he be great | 1 |
| for thou hast magnified | 1 |
| grew up | 1 |
| grow | 1 |
| grown up | 1 |
| had promoted | 1 |
| hath lifted up | 1 |
| hath magnified | 1 |
| he hath done | 1 |
| he was brought up | 1 |
| himself and magnify | 1 |
| how great | 1 |
| i have nourished | 1 |
| i made me great | 1 |
| is greater | 1 |
| is grown up | 1 |
| is waxen great | 1 |
| lo i am come to great estate | 1 |
| made him great | 1 |
| magnifical | 1 |
| magnify | 1 |
| may be magnified | 1 |
| neither do i nourish up | 1 |
| neither madest it grow | 1 |
| not increased | 1 |
| o magnify | 1 |
| passed | 1 |
| promote | 1 |
| proudly | 1 |
| sake he will magnify | 1 |
| shall be greater | 1 |
| shall there be a great | 1 |
| she hath brought up | 1 |
| so i was great | 1 |
| so nourishing | 1 |
| that magnify | 1 |
| that thou shouldest magnify | 1 |
| the tower | 1 |
| thee and make | 1 |
| therefore they are become great | 1 |
| they magnify | 1 |
| though they bring up | 1 |
| thus will i magnify | 1 |
| till they were grown | 1 |
| to magnify | 1 |
| to make great | 1 |
| until he became | 1 |
| was much set by | 1 |
| waxed great | 1 |
| wherefore thou art great | 1 |
| which brought them up | 1 |
| will be magnified | 1 |
| will i be greater | 1 |
| with him and magnified | 1 |
| ye have boasted | 1 |
| ye will magnify | 1 |
| yea he magnified | 1 |
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I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Read word by wordbecause we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
Read word by wordYour servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Read word by wordSo the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
Read word by wordAnd God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
Read word by word“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
Read word by wordWhen the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
Read word by wordand he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
Read word by wordThen Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
Read word by wordshe removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
Read word by wordYou shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
Read word by wordBut his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
Read word by wordWhen the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
Read word by wordOne day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
Read word by wordFor the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.
Read word by wordSo now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:
Read word by wordNow the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
Read word by wordOn that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.
Read word by wordAnd Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
Read word by wordSo the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
Read word by wordwould you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”
Read word by wordSo the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.
Read word by wordAbove all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.
Read word by wordWhen the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
Read word by wordAs surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”
Read word by wordAnd David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.
Read word by wordHow great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
Read word by wordso that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
Read word by wordbut the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
Read word by wordJust as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than that of my lord King David.”
Read word by wordThe king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,
Read word by wordSo King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Read word by wordBut Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
Read word by wordThe young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
Read word by wordAnd the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
Read word by wordThen Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
Read word by wordAnd David became greater and greater, for the LORD of Hosts was with him.
Read word by wordso that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
Read word by wordAnd David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.
Read word by wordBoth riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.
Read word by wordThe LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him.
Read word by wordNow Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.
Read word by wordSo King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Read word by wordBut Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
Read word by wordThe young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
Read word by wordand said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
Read word by wordAfter these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
Read word by wordHaman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
Read word by wordFor Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
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