גָּדוֹל522 H1419a
great, large (general quality); nobles, great ones (persons of rank); great things (substantivized deeds); elder, older (of age/seniority); becoming great (verbal/progressive)
1. great, large (general quality) — Core adjectival sense of being great, large, or significant in size, extent, importance, or intensity -- the primary meaning of the adjective covering physical magnitude, greatness of status, and general amplification. Arabic عَظِيم (ʿaẓīm) / كَبِير (kabīr) for greatness/largeness, Korean 큰 (keun) = big/great, Swahili kubwa/mkubwa = great/large. Includes all inflectional forms (ms, fs, mp, fp), article-prefixed forms, construct chains expressing quality (great-of), prepositional phrases (from-great, as-the-great, in/at-the-great), comparative uses (greater/greatest), and conjunctive forms (and-the-great). 486×
AR["الْكَبِيرِ","عَظيماً","عَظيمَةً","عَظِيمًا","عَظِيمٌ","عَظِيمَةً","عَظِيمَةٍ","كَبِيرٌ","كَبِيرَةٌ","كَثِيرَةٍ"]·ben["বড়","বৃহত্","মহা","মহান"]·DE["Großen","gross","groß","große","großen","großer","großes","war-groß","zu-groß"]·EN["great"]·FR["grand"]·heb["גדול","גדולים"]·HI["बड़ा","बड़ी","बड़े","बद","बदि"]·ID["besar","terlalu-besar"]·IT["grande"]·jav["ageng","agung"]·KO["컸다","크고","크다","큰","큰-자"]·PT["grande","grandes"]·RU["большой","великая","великий","великим","великими","велико","великого","великое"]·ES["grande","grandes"]·SW["kikubwa","kubwa","kukubwa","kwa-karibuni","kwake","makubwa","mkubwa","mzee","nyingi"]·TR["büyük","büyüğe"]·urd["بڑا","بڑی","بڑے"]
Gen 4:13, Gen 12:2, Gen 12:17, Gen 15:12, Gen 15:14, Gen 17:20, Gen 18:18, Gen 19:11, Gen 20:9, Gen 21:8, Gen 21:18, Gen 27:33 (+38 more)
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Senses
2. nobles, great ones (persons of rank) — Substantivized masculine plural/construct (גְּדוֹלִים, גְּדוֹלֵי) meaning 'great ones,' 'nobles,' or 'leaders' -- persons of high rank or authority. Arabic عُظَماء (ʿuẓamāʾ = nobles/magnates) and كِبار (kibār = great ones), Korean 큰 자들 (keun jadeul = great ones) and 높은 자들 (nopeun jadeul = lofty ones), Swahili wakubwa/wakuu (chiefs/great ones). Includes possessive-suffixed forms (his great ones, their greatest) and construct phrases (great-ones-of). 15×
AR["العُظَماءِ","الـ-عُظَمَاءِ","الكِبار","الكِبَارُ","الكِبَارِ","الْعُظَماءِ","الْعِظَامِ","عُظَماءَ","عُظَمَاءِ","عُظَمَائِهَا","عُظَمَائِهِ","كَبِيرِهِمْ","مِنْ-كَبِيرِهِمْ","وَ-عُظَمَائِهِ"]·ben["এবং-তার-মহানদের","তাঁর-বড়দের","তাদের-বড়-থেকে","তার-মহানদের","বড়দের","বড়রা","বৃহত্তমের","মহত্তম-তাদের","মহানদের"]·DE["[הגדולים]","der-gross","der-gross-die","gross","gross-die-von","sein-gross-die","und-gross"]·EN["and-his-nobles","from-their-greatest","great-ones","great-ones-of","greatest-of-them","her-great-ones","his-great-ones","the-great","the-great-ones","their-greatest"]·FR["depuis-les-grands","et-ses-grands","grand","grand-ceux-de","le-grand","le-grand-ceux","ses-grands","son-grand-ceux"]·heb["גדולי","גדוליה","גדוליו","גדולים","גדולם","ה-גדול","ה-גדולים","ו-גדוליו","מ-גדולם"]·HI["उसके-बड़े","और-उस-के-प्रधानों-के","गदोलाव","गदोले","बड़े-उनके","बड़े-से","बड़ों-का","बड़ों-की","बड़ों-के","बधे"]·ID["-pembesar-pembesar","-pembesar-pembesarnya","dan-para-pembesarnya","dari-yang-terbesar","orang-orang-besar","pembesar-pembesarnya","yang-besar","yang-paling-besar","yang-sulung","yang-terbesar-mereka"]·IT["e-grande","grande","grande-quelli-di","il-grande","il-grande-quelli","suo-grande-quelli"]·jav["-ageng","-ingkang-ageng","ageng","ageng-piyambakipun","ingkang-ageng","ingkang-agung","lan-para-punggawanipun","para-tiyang-agung","para-tiyang-agungipun","saking-ingkang-ageng","tiyang-ageng","tiyang-agung","tiyang-agunganipun"]·KO["그-큰","그-큰-자들","그-큰-자들의","그-큰이들은","그녀의-큰-자들-이","그들의-큰-자까지","그들의-큰-자에게","그리고-그의-귀족들-의","그의-큰-자들","높은-자들","높은-자들-의","부터-그들의-큰-자","큰-자들","큰-자들-과-함께","큰-자들에게"]·PT["do-grande-deles","dos-grandes","e-grandes-dele","grande-deles","grandes","grandes-de","maiores","os-grandes","os-maiores","os-seus-grandes","seus-grandes"]·RU["-великих","·-великих","большого-их","великим","великими","великих","великого-из-них","вельмож-его","вельможами","вельможи-её","и-вельмож-его","от-великого-их","старших"]·ES["desde-grande-de-ellos","el-mayor-de-ellos","grandes","grandes-de","grandes-de-ella","grandes-de-él","los-grandes","los-mayores","su-grande","y-sus-grandes"]·SW["kutoka-mkubwa-wao","la-wakubwa","mkubwa-wao","na-wakuu-wake","wakubwa","wakubwa-hao","wakubwa-wa","wakubwa-wake","wakubwa-wao","wakuu","wakuu-wake"]·TR["büyük","büyükler","büyüklere","büyükleri","büyüklerin","büyüklerinden-onların","büyüklerini-onun","büyüklerinin-onun","büyüküne-onların","büyüğüne","ve-büyüklerinin-onun"]·urd["اور-اُس-کے-بزرگوں-کے","اُس-کے-بڑوں","اُس-کے-بڑوں-کو","بڑوں-سے","بڑوں-کا","بڑوں-کی","بڑوں-کے","بڑے","بڑے-ان-کے","بڑے-تک-اُن-کے"]
1 Sam 17:13, 1 Sam 17:14, 2 Sam 7:9, 2 Kgs 10:6, 2 Kgs 10:11, 1 Chr 17:8, Ps 115:13, Prov 18:16, Prov 25:6, Jer 5:5, Jer 6:13, Jer 31:34 (+3 more)
3. great things (substantivized deeds) — Substantivized feminine plural (גְּדֹלוֹת) meaning 'great things,' 'great deeds,' or 'wonders' -- used absolutely or with prepositions to denote remarkable acts or events. Arabic عَظائِم (ʿaẓāʾim = great things/enormities), Korean 큰 일들을 (keun ildeul-eul = great things), Swahili mambo makubwa/mambo makuu (great matters). Includes both articled (the great things) and unarticled forms, and prepositional uses (in great things). 11×
AR["الْعَظائِمِ","الْعَظَائِمَ","بِـ-عَظَائِمَ","عَظائِمَ","عَظَائِمَ"]·ben["বড়-কথা","বড়-কাজ","বড়-কাজগুলো","বড়-বিষয়ে","মহত্কার্য","মহান","মহান-কাজ","মহান-বিষয়","মহৎ-কাজ","মহৎ-কাজগুলি","মহৎ-বিষয়"]·DE["der-gross-Dinge","der-gross-Sachen","gross","gross-things","in-great-things"]·EN["great-things","in-great-things","the-great-things"]·FR["dans-grand","grand","le-grand-choses"]·heb["ב-גדולות","גדולות","ה-גדולות"]·HI["बड़ी-चीज़ें","बड़ी-बड़ी","बड़ी-बड़ी-बातें","बड़ी-बातें","बड़े-काम","बड़े-कामों","बड़े-कामों-में","बड़े-कार्य","महान-कार्यों-को","हगदोलोत"]·ID["-perkara-besar","dalam-hal-hal-besar","dengan-kesombongan","hal-hal besar","hal-hal-besar","perbuatan-perbuatan-besar","perkara-perkara-besar"]·IT["grande","il-grande-cose"]·jav["ageng","bab-ageng","ing-prakawis-agung","pakaryan-agung","prakawis-ageng","prakawis-agung","prakawis-prakawis-ageng","prekawis-ageng"]·KO["그-크고","크고","큰-것들-을","큰-것들을","큰-일들-에서","큰-일들-을","큰-일들을"]·PT["as-grandes-coisas","coisas-grandes","em-coisas-grandes","grandes-coisas","grandezas"]·RU["-великие","в-великом","великие-дела","великого","великое","надменно"]·ES["cosas-grandes","en-cosas-grandes","grandes-cosas","grandezas","las-grandes-cosas"]·SW["katika-mambo-makubwa","makubwa","makuu","mambo-makubwa","mambo-makuu"]·TR["buyukluk","büyük-işler","büyük-işleri","büyük-şeyler","büyükler-o","büyüklerde"]·urd["بڑائیاں","بڑی-باتیں","بڑی-بڑی-باتیں","بڑے کام","بڑے-معاملوں-میں","بڑے-کام","بڑے-کاموں"]
4. elder, older (of age/seniority) — Comparative sense denoting the elder or older of siblings or persons, used in birth-order and seniority contexts (e.g., 'the older daughter,' 'the firstborn'). Distinguished by Arabic الكُبرَى (al-kubrā, feminine superlative of kabīr) and الأكبَر (al-akbar, comparative) rather than عَظِيم; Spanish 'mayor' (elder) rather than 'grande'; Korean 큰 (keun) in familial contexts; Swahili mkubwa. BDB/HALOT sense: 'old, elder.' 7×
AR["الأَكْبَرُ","الكَبيرَ","الكَبيرِ","الكَبِيرَةُ","الْ-أَكْبَرِ","الْكُبْرَى"]·ben["-বড়","বড়","বড়ের"]·DE["den-Großen","der-Großen","der-older","des-Großen","des-großen"]·EN["the-older"]·FR["le-older"]·heb["ה-גדול","ה-גדולה"]·HI["बड़ा","बड़ी-का","बड़े-के","बड़े-को","बदे","बधि"]·ID["yang sulung-","yang-lebih-tua","yang-sulung"]·IT["il-older"]·jav["-ingkang-ageng","ingkang-ageng","ingkang-sepuh","kang-langkung-sepuh"]·KO["그-큰","그-큰의","큰"]·PT["a-maior","o-grande","o-maior"]·RU["старшая","старшего","старшей","старший"]·ES["el-mayor","la-grande","la-mayor"]·SW["mkubwa","na-kwa-Abiathari"]·TR["-büyük","-büyüğün","büyük"]·urd["بڑا","بڑی","بڑی-کا","بڑے","بڑے-کا"]
5. sense 5 5×
AR["عالٍ","عَالٍ","عَظِيمٍ"]·ben["উচ্চ","বড়","বৃহৎ"]·DE["Stimme","gross"]·EN["in-Yehudite","loud","sound"]·FR["grand","loud"]·heb["גדול"]·HI["ऊँची","बड़ी"]·ID["keras","yang-besar","yang-keras"]·IT["grande","loud"]·jav["ageng","ing-basa-Yehudi","ingkang-ageng","seru","sora"]·KO["큰"]·PT["alta","grande"]·RU["великим","громким"]·ES["alta","grande"]·SW["kubwa"]·TR["buyuk","yüksek"]·urd["بلند","بڑی"]
6. becoming great (verbal/progressive) — Infinitive absolute or verbal-adjective use expressing the process of becoming great or growing in magnitude/status -- a dynamic, progressive sense rather than a static quality. Arabic وَتَعاظُمًا (wa-taʿāẓuman = and becoming great) and يَعظَمُ (yaʿẓumu = he becomes great), Korean 커지며 (keojimyeo = becoming big) and 위대하며 (widaehamyeo = being great), Swahili kukua (to grow) and kuwa mkubwa (to become great). Overlaps morphologically with the verb H1431 גדל but tagged here under the adjective lemma. 3×
AR["وَتَعاظُمًا","وَيَعْظَمُ","وَ‒عَظِيمٌ"]·ben["আর-মহান","এবং-বড়-হতে","ও-মহান-হচ্ছিল"]·DE["und-greater","und-gross"]·EN["and-becoming-great","and-greater"]·FR["et-grand","et-greater"]·heb["ו-גדול"]·HI["और-बड़ा-होता","और-बढ़ता","और-महान"]·ID["besar","dan-besar","dan-menjadi-besar"]·IT["e-grande","e-maggiore"]·jav["lan-ageng","lan-agung"]·KO["그리고-위대하며","그리고-커지는","그리고-커지며"]·PT["e-crescendo","e-grande"]·RU["и-возвышающийся","и-возрастая","и-рос"]·ES["y-creciendo","y-crecía"]·SW["na-akienda-kubwa","na-kukua","na-kuwa-mkubwa"]·TR["ve-büyü-yordu","ve-büyüyerek","ve-büyüüyor"]·urd["اور-بڑا","اور-بڑتا-ہوا","اور-بڑھتا"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
גָּדוֹל522 adj. great—ג׳ Gn 4:13 + 279 times; גָּדֹל Dt 26:8 + 22 times; cstr. גְּדוֹל Ex 15:16 belongs rather sub גֹּ֫דֶל Ez 17:3, 7, גְּדֹל Ex 15:16 Je 32:19, גְּדָל־ Pr 19:19, גְּדָו֯ל־ ψ 145:8 Na 1:3; sf. גְּדוֹלָם Je 6:13 + 2 times; pl. גְּדוֹלִים Ex 7:4 + 11 times, גְּדֹלִים Gn 12:17 + 22 times; cstr. גְּדֹלֵי ψ 79:11 2 K 10:6; sf. גְּדֹלָיו 2 K 10:11 Jon 3:7; גְּדוֹלָיהָ Na 3:10; f.…