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 |
Page 2 of 3. 114 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 all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
Read word by wordThen they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
Read word by wordWhat is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
Read word by wordIf indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
Read word by wordthough from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
Read word by wordGreat salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.51
Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 34.4
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
Read word by wordMay those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
Read word by wordFor I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 38.17
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.17
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.10
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 55.13
I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.31
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 70.5
How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 92.6
Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
Read word by wordThen our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Read word by wordThe LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Read word by wordI bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
Read word by wordThen our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
Read word by wordI said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
Read word by wordI expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
Read word by wordSo I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
Read word by wordListen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
Read word by wordYou have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.2
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
Read word by wordBe ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
Read word by wordThis also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
Read word by wordThe LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
Read word by wordHe cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
Read word by wordThen you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
Read word by wordAmong all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.
Read word by wordLike cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
Read word by word“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
Read word by wordMoab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
Read word by wordHer uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
Read word by wordThe punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.
Read word by wordI made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
Read word by wordYes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.
Read word by wordThe waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.
Read word by wordYou boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!
Read word by wordI will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
Read word by wordThe king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king’s service.
Read word by wordI saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.
Read word by wordThus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.
Read word by wordFrom one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.
Read word by wordIt grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth and trampled them.
Read word by wordIt magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.
Read word by wordThrough his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.
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