Hebrew word study

גָּדוֹלgâdôwl — great (in any sense)

Pronounced “gaw-dole'”

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

Translated in the King James as: [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, sore, () very.

Appears 521 times in Scripture

Origin: or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from H1431 (גָּדַל);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 33×

Genesis 1:16 Genesis 1:21 Genesis 4:13 Genesis 10:12 Genesis 10:21 Genesis 12:2 Genesis 12:17 Genesis 15:12 Genesis 15:14 Genesis 15:18 Genesis 17:20 Genesis 18:18 Genesis 19:11 Genesis 20:9 Genesis 21:8 Genesis 21:18 Genesis 27:1 Genesis 27:15 Genesis 27:33 Genesis 27:34 Genesis 27:42 Genesis 29:2 Genesis 29:7 Genesis 29:16 Genesis 39:9+ 8 more in Genesis

Exodus — 15×

Exodus 3:3 Exodus 6:6 Exodus 7:4 Exodus 11:3 Exodus 11:6 Exodus 12:30 Exodus 14:31 Exodus 15:16 Exodus 18:11 Exodus 18:22 Exodus 32:10 Exodus 32:11 Exodus 32:21 Exodus 32:30 Exodus 32:31

Leviticus — 2×

Leviticus 19:15 Leviticus 21:10

Numbers — 8×

Numbers 13:28 Numbers 14:12 Numbers 22:18 Numbers 34:6 Numbers 34:7 Numbers 35:25 Numbers 35:28+ 1 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 44×

Deuteronomy 1:7 Deuteronomy 1:17 Deuteronomy 1:19 Deuteronomy 1:28 Deuteronomy 2:7 Deuteronomy 2:10 Deuteronomy 2:21 Deuteronomy 4:6 Deuteronomy 4:7 Deuteronomy 4:8 Deuteronomy 4:32 Deuteronomy 4:34 Deuteronomy 4:36 Deuteronomy 4:37 Deuteronomy 4:38 Deuteronomy 5:22 Deuteronomy 5:25 Deuteronomy 6:10 Deuteronomy 6:22 Deuteronomy 7:19 Deuteronomy 7:21 Deuteronomy 7:23 Deuteronomy 8:15 Deuteronomy 9:1 Deuteronomy 9:2+ 19 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 24×

Joshua 1:4 Joshua 6:5 Joshua 6:20 Joshua 7:9 Joshua 7:26 Joshua 8:29 Joshua 9:1 Joshua 10:2 Joshua 10:10 Joshua 10:11 Joshua 10:18 Joshua 10:20 Joshua 10:27 Joshua 14:12 Joshua 14:15 Joshua 15:12 Joshua 17:17 Joshua 20:6 Joshua 23:4 Joshua 23:9 Joshua 24:17 Joshua 24:26+ 2 more in Joshua

Judges — 12×

Judges 2:7 Judges 5:15 Judges 5:16 Judges 11:33 Judges 15:8 Judges 15:18 Judges 16:5 Judges 16:6 Judges 16:15 Judges 16:23 Judges 21:2 Judges 21:5

1 Samuel — 34×

1 Sam 2:17 1 Sam 4:5 1 Sam 4:6 1 Sam 4:10 1 Sam 4:17 1 Sam 5:9 1 Sam 6:9 1 Sam 6:14 1 Sam 6:15 1 Sam 6:18 1 Sam 6:19 1 Sam 7:10 1 Sam 12:16 1 Sam 12:22 1 Sam 14:20 1 Sam 14:33 1 Sam 14:45 1 Sam 17:13 1 Sam 17:14 1 Sam 17:25 1 Sam 17:28 1 Sam 18:17 1 Sam 19:5 1 Sam 19:8 1 Sam 19:22+ 9 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 18×

2 Sam 3:38 2 Sam 7:9 2 Sam 13:15 2 Sam 13:16 2 Sam 13:36 2 Sam 15:23 2 Sam 18:7 2 Sam 18:9 2 Sam 18:17 2 Sam 18:29 2 Sam 19:4 2 Sam 19:32 2 Sam 20:8 2 Sam 23:10 2 Sam 23:12+ 3 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 21×

1 Ki 1:40 1 Ki 2:22 1 Ki 3:4 1 Ki 3:6 1 Ki 4:13 1 Ki 5:17 1 Ki 7:9 1 Ki 7:10 1 Ki 7:12 1 Ki 8:42 1 Ki 8:55 1 Ki 8:65 1 Ki 10:18 1 Ki 18:27 1 Ki 18:28 1 Ki 18:45 1 Ki 19:11 1 Ki 20:13 1 Ki 20:21 1 Ki 20:28 1 Ki 22:31

2 Kings — 29×

2 Ki 3:27 2 Ki 4:8 2 Ki 4:38 2 Ki 5:1 2 Ki 5:13 2 Ki 6:23 2 Ki 6:25 2 Ki 7:6 2 Ki 8:4 2 Ki 8:13 2 Ki 10:6 2 Ki 10:11 2 Ki 10:19 2 Ki 12:10 2 Ki 16:15 2 Ki 17:21 2 Ki 17:36 2 Ki 18:19 2 Ki 18:28 2 Ki 20:3 2 Ki 22:4 2 Ki 22:8 2 Ki 22:13 2 Ki 23:2 2 Ki 23:4+ 4 more in 2 Kings

1 Chronicles — 11×

1 Chr 11:14 1 Chr 12:14 1 Chr 12:22 1 Chr 16:25 1 Chr 17:8 1 Chr 22:8 1 Chr 25:8 1 Chr 26:13 1 Chr 29:1 1 Chr 29:9 1 Chr 29:22

2 Chronicles — 27×

2 Chr 1:8 2 Chr 1:10 2 Chr 2:5 2 Chr 2:9 2 Chr 3:5 2 Chr 4:9 2 Chr 6:32 2 Chr 7:8 2 Chr 9:17 2 Chr 15:13 2 Chr 15:14 2 Chr 16:14 2 Chr 18:30 2 Chr 20:19 2 Chr 21:14 2 Chr 26:15 2 Chr 28:5 2 Chr 30:21 2 Chr 30:26 2 Chr 31:15 2 Chr 32:18 2 Chr 34:9 2 Chr 34:21 2 Chr 34:30 2 Chr 36:18+ 2 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 6×

Ezra 3:11 Ezra 3:12 Ezra 3:13 Ezra 9:7 Ezra 9:13 Ezra 10:12

Nehemiah — 28×

Nehemiah 1:3 Nehemiah 1:5 Nehemiah 1:10 Nehemiah 2:10 Nehemiah 3:1 Nehemiah 3:20 Nehemiah 3:27 Nehemiah 4:14 Nehemiah 5:1 Nehemiah 5:7 Nehemiah 6:3 Nehemiah 7:4 Nehemiah 8:6 Nehemiah 8:12 Nehemiah 8:17 Nehemiah 9:4 Nehemiah 9:18 Nehemiah 9:25 Nehemiah 9:26 Nehemiah 9:32 Nehemiah 9:37 Nehemiah 11:14 Nehemiah 12:31 Nehemiah 12:43 Nehemiah 13:5+ 3 more in Nehemiah

Esther — 8×

Esther 1:5 Esther 1:20 Esther 2:18 Esther 4:1 Esther 4:3 Esther 8:15 Esther 9:4 Esther 10:3

Job — 6×

Job 1:3 Job 1:19 Job 3:19 Job 5:9 Job 9:10 Job 37:5

Psalms — 30×

Psalms 12:3 Psalms 21:5 Psalms 47:2 Psalms 48:1 Psalms 57:10 Psalms 71:19 Psalms 76:1 Psalms 77:13 Psalms 86:10 Psalms 86:13 Psalms 95:3 Psalms 96:4 Psalms 99:2 Psalms 99:3 Psalms 104:25 Psalms 106:21 Psalms 108:4 Psalms 111:2 Psalms 115:13 Psalms 131:1 Psalms 135:5 Psalms 136:4 Psalms 136:7 Psalms 136:17 Psalms 138:5+ 5 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 3×

Proverbs 18:16 Proverbs 25:6 Proverbs 27:14

Ecclesiastes — 4×

Eccles 9:13 Eccles 9:14 Eccles 10:4+ 1 more in Ecclesiastes

Isaiah — 14×

Isaiah 5:9 Isaiah 8:1 Isaiah 9:2 Isaiah 12:6 Isaiah 27:1 Isaiah 27:13 Isaiah 29:6 Isaiah 34:6 Isaiah 36:4 Isaiah 36:13 Isaiah 38:3 Isaiah 54:7 Isaiah 56:12+ 1 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 48×

Jeremiah 4:6 Jeremiah 5:5 Jeremiah 6:1 Jeremiah 6:13 Jeremiah 6:22 Jeremiah 8:10 Jeremiah 10:6 Jeremiah 10:22 Jeremiah 11:16 Jeremiah 14:17 Jeremiah 16:6 Jeremiah 16:10 Jeremiah 21:5 Jeremiah 21:6 Jeremiah 22:8 Jeremiah 25:14 Jeremiah 25:32 Jeremiah 26:19 Jeremiah 27:5 Jeremiah 27:7 Jeremiah 28:8 Jeremiah 30:7 Jeremiah 31:8 Jeremiah 31:34 Jeremiah 32:17+ 23 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 1×

Lam 2:13

Ezekiel — 36×

Ezekiel 1:4 Ezekiel 3:12 Ezekiel 3:13 Ezekiel 8:6 Ezekiel 8:13 Ezekiel 8:15 Ezekiel 8:18 Ezekiel 9:1 Ezekiel 9:9 Ezekiel 11:13 Ezekiel 16:46 Ezekiel 16:61 Ezekiel 17:3 Ezekiel 17:7 Ezekiel 17:9 Ezekiel 17:17 Ezekiel 21:14 Ezekiel 23:4 Ezekiel 25:17 Ezekiel 29:3 Ezekiel 29:18 Ezekiel 36:23 Ezekiel 37:10 Ezekiel 38:13 Ezekiel 38:15+ 11 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 15×

Daniel 8:8 Daniel 8:21 Daniel 9:4 Daniel 9:12 Daniel 10:1 Daniel 10:4 Daniel 10:7 Daniel 10:8 Daniel 11:2 Daniel 11:13 Daniel 11:25 Daniel 11:28 Daniel 11:44 Daniel 12:1+ 1 more in Daniel

Hosea — 1×

Hosea 1:11

Joel — 3×

Joel 2:11 Joel 2:25 Joel 2:31

Amos — 1×

Amos 6:11

Jonah — 14×

Jonah 1:2 Jonah 1:4 Jonah 1:10 Jonah 1:12 Jonah 1:16 Jonah 1:17 Jonah 3:2 Jonah 3:3 Jonah 3:5 Jonah 3:7 Jonah 4:1 Jonah 4:6 Jonah 4:11+ 1 more in Jonah

Micah — 1×

Micah 7:3

Nahum — 2×

Nahum 1:3 Nahum 3:10

Zephaniah — 2×

Zeph 1:10 Zeph 1:14

Haggai — 6×

Haggai 1:1 Haggai 1:12 Haggai 1:14 Haggai 2:2 Haggai 2:4 Haggai 2:9

Zechariah — 10×

Zech 1:14 Zech 1:15 Zech 3:1 Zech 3:8 Zech 4:7 Zech 6:11 Zech 7:12 Zech 8:2 Zech 14:4+ 1 more in Zechariah

Malachi — 4×

Malachi 1:11 Malachi 1:14 Malachi 4:5+ 1 more in Malachi

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