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N-proper-ms  |  4× in 1 sense
Giddel, a personal name meaning 'very great,' borne by two heads of postexilic servant families
A proper name derived from the verb gadal ('to make great'), meaning 'he has made great' or 'very great.' It identifies two distinct individuals in the postexilic census lists. The first Giddel heads a family among the Nethinim (temple servants) in Ezra 2:47 and Nehemiah 7:49. The second heads a family among Solomon's servants in Ezra 2:56 and Nehemiah 7:58. The parallel lists in Ezra and Nehemiah confirm both families returned from Babylonian exile.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name Giddel, identifying heads of two postexilic servant families. The Nethinim family appears in Ezra 2:47 / Neh 7:49; the Solomonic-servant family in Ezra 2:56 / Neh 7:58. German renders it etymologically as 'machte-gross' (made great), revealing the theophoric sense the name likely carried — that God 'made great' the bearer or his line. French and German leave the name untransliterated in brackets, while English and Spanish transliterate as Giddel/Gidel/Guidel, showing variation in how gutturals are handled across languages. 4×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Names of Persons and Places › Proper Names (Personal)
AR["جِدَّيلَ", "جِدّيلَ"]·ben["গিদ্দেলের"]·DE["machte-gross"]·EN["Giddel"]·FR["[גדל]"]·heb["גדל"]·HI["गिद्देल-के"]·ID["Gidel"]·IT["Ghiddel"]·jav["Gidel"]·KO["깃델", "깃델의"]·PT["Giddel", "Gidel"]·RU["Гидделя"]·ES["Gidel", "Guidel", "Guidel."]·SW["Gideli", "wa-Gideli"]·TR["Giddel'in", "Giddelin"]·urd["جدیل", "جدیل-کے"]
Ezra 2:47, Ezra 2:56, Neh 7:49, Neh 7:58
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גִּדֵּל n.pr.m. (very great)— 1. head of one of the families of Nethinim Ezr 2:47 Ne 7:49. 2. head of one of the families of Solomon’s servants Ezr 2:56 Ne 7:58.