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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H1431 — גָּדַל
ga.dal · to magnify · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 12:2 · וַאֲגַדְּלָ֖הAnd I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.Genesis 19:13 · גָֽדְלָ֤הfor we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great before the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.’Genesis 19:19 · וַתַּגְדֵּ֣לlo, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness which thou hast done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave to me, and I have died;Genesis 21:8 · וַיִּגְדַּ֥לAnd the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac’s being weaned;Genesis 21:20 · וַיִּגְדָּ֑לand God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;Genesis 24:35 · וַיִּגְדָּ֑לand Jehovah hath blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great; and He giveth to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses;Genesis 25:27 · וַֽיִּגְדְּלוּ֙And the youths grew, and Esau is a man acquainted with hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob is a plain man, inhabiting tents;Genesis 26:13 · וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל · גָדַ֖לand the man is great, and goeth on, going on and becoming great, till that he hath been very great,Genesis 38:11 · יִגְדַּל֙And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, ‘Abide a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son groweth up;’ for he said, ‘Lest he die—even he—like his brethren;’ and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father’s house.Genesis 38:14 · גָדַ֣לand she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which is by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.Genesis 41:40 · אֶגְדַּ֥לthou—thou art over my house, and at thy mouth do all my people kiss; only in the throne I am greater than thou.’Genesis 48:19 · יִגְדָּ֑ל · יִגְדַּ֣לAnd his father refuseth, and saith, ‘I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;’Exodus 2:10 · וַיִגְדַּ֣לAnd the lad groweth, and she bringeth him in to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calleth his name Moses, and saith, ‘Because—from the water I have drawn him.’Exodus 2:11 · וַיִּגְדַּ֤לAnd it cometh to pass, in those days, that Moses is grown, and he goeth out unto his brethren, and looketh on their burdens, and seeth a man, an Egyptian, smiting a man, a Hebrew, one of his brethren,Numbers 6:5 · גַּדֵּ֥ל‘All days of the vow of his separation a razor doth not pass over his head; till the fulness of the days which he doth separate to Jehovah he is holy; grown up hath the upper part of the hair of his head.Numbers 14:17 · יִגְדַּל־‘And now, let, I pray Thee, the power of my Lord be great, as Thou hast spoken, saying:Joshua 3:7 · גַּדֶּלְךָ֔And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, ‘This day I begin to make thee great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they know that as I was with Moses I am with thee;Joshua 4:14 · גִּדַּ֤לOn that day hath Jehovah made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel, and they reverence him, as they reverenced Moses, all days of his life.Judges 11:2 · וַיִּגְדְּל֨וּand the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife’s sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, ‘Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman art thou.’Judges 13:24 · וַיִּגְדַּ֣לAnd the woman beareth a son, and calleth his name Samson, and the youth groweth, and Jehovah doth bless him,Ruth 1:13 · יִגְדָּ֔לוּfor them do ye wait till that they grow up? for them do ye shut yourselves up, not to be to a husband? nay, my daughters, for more bitter to me than to you, for the hand of Jehovah hath gone out against me.’1 Samuel 2:21 · וַיִּגְדַּ֛לWhen Jehovah hath looked after Hannah, then she conceiveth and beareth three sons and two daughters; and the youth Samuel groweth up with Jehovah.1 Samuel 3:19 · וַיִּגְדַּ֖לAnd Samuel groweth up, and Jehovah hath been with him, and hath not let fall any of his words to the earth;1 Samuel 12:24 · הִגְדִּ֖לonly, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;1 Samuel 20:41 · הִגְדִּֽיל׃The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the earth, and boweth himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep one with another, till David exerted himself;1 Samuel 26:24 · גָּדְלָ֧ה · תִּגְדַּ֤לand lo, as thy soul hath been great this day in mine eyes, so is my soul great in the eyes of Jehovah, and He doth deliver me out of all distress.’2 Samuel 5:10 · וְגָד֑וֹלand David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah, God of Hosts, is with him.2 Samuel 7:22 · גָּדַ֖לְתָּTherefore Thou hast been great, Jehovah God, for there is none like Thee, and there is no God save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.2 Samuel 7:26 · וְיִגְדַּ֨לAnd Thy Name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts is God over Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee,2 Samuel 12:3 · וַתִּגְדַּ֥לAnd the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter;1 Kings 1:37 · וִֽיגַדֵּל֙as Jehovah hath been with my lord the king, so is He with Solomon, and doth make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.’1 Kings 1:47 · וִֽיגַדֵּ֥לand also the servants of the king have come into bless our lord king David, saying, Thy God doth make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and his throne greater than thy throne; and the king boweth himself on the bed,1 Kings 10:23 · וַיִּגְדַּל֙And king Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom,1 Kings 12:8 · גָּדְל֣וּAnd he forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, who are standing before him;1 Kings 12:10 · גָּדְל֣וּAnd they speak unto him—the lads who had grown up with him—saying, ‘Thus dost thou say to this people who have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and thou, make it light upon us; thus dost thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father;2 Kings 4:18 · וַיִּגְדַּ֖לAnd the lad groweth, and the day cometh that he goeth out unto his father, unto the reapers,2 Kings 10:6 · מְגַדְּלִ֥יםAnd he writeth unto them a letter a second time, saying, ‘If ye are for me, and to my voice are hearkening, take the heads of the men—the sons of your lord, and come unto me about this time to-morrow, to Jezreel;’ and the sons of the king are seventy men, with the great ones of the city those bringing them up.1 Chronicles 11:9 · וְגָד֑וֹלAnd David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah of Hosts is with him.1 Chronicles 17:24 · וְיִגְדַּ֨לand let it be stedfast, and Thy name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, is God to Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee;1 Chronicles 22:5 · לְהַגְדִּ֨יל׀And David saith, ‘Solomon my son is a youth and tender, and the house to be built to Jehovah is to be made exceedingly great, for name and for beauty to all the lands; let me prepare, I pray Thee, for it;’ and David prepareth in abundance before his death.1 Chronicles 29:12 · לְגַדֵּ֥לand the riches, and the honour are from before Thee, and Thou art ruling over all, and in Thy hand is power and might, and in Thy hand, to make great, and to give strength to all.1 Chronicles 29:25 · וַיְגַדֵּ֨לand Jehovah maketh Solomon exceedingly great before the eyes of all Israel, and putteth upon him the honour of the kingdom that hath not been on any king over Israel before him.2 Chronicles 1:1 · וַֽיְגַדְּלֵ֖הוּAnd strengthen himself doth Solomon son of David over his kingdom, and Jehovah his God is with him, and maketh him exceedingly great.2 Chronicles 9:22 · וַיִּגְדַּל֙And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;2 Chronicles 10:8 · גָּדְל֣וּAnd he forsaketh the counsel of the aged men that they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, those standing before him,2 Chronicles 10:10 · גָּדְל֣וּAnd the lads who have grown up with him, speak with him, saying, ‘Thus dost thou say to the people who have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and thou, make light somewhat of our yoke; thus dost thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father;Ezra 9:6 · גָדְלָ֖הand say, ‘O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens.Esther 3:1 · גִּדַּל֩After these things hath the king Ahasuerus exalted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and lifteth him up, and setteth his throne above all the heads who are with him,Esther 5:11 · גִּדְּל֤וֹand Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.Esther 9:4 · וְגָדֽוֹל׃ פfor great is Mordecai in the house of the king, and his fame is going into all the provinces, for the man Mordecai is going on and becoming great.Esther 10:2 · גִּדְּל֖וֹand all the work of his strength, and his might, and the explanation of the greatness of Mordecai with which the king made him great, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of Media and Persia?Job 2:13 · גָדַ֥לAnd they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.Job 7:17 · תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּWhat is man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?Job 19:5 · תַּגְדִּ֑ילוּIf, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;Job 31:18 · גְּדֵלַ֣נִי(But from my youth He grew up with me as with a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)Psalm 18:50 · מַגְדִּיל֮Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed—unto the age!Psalm 34:3 · גַּדְּל֣וּAscribe ye greatness to Jehovah with me, And we exalt His name together.Psalm 35:26 · הַֽמַּגְדִּילִ֥יםThey are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.Psalm 35:27 · יִגְדַּ֣לThey sing and rejoice, who are desiring my righteousness, And they say continually, ‘Jehovah is magnified, Who is desiring the peace of His servant.’Psalm 38:16 · הִגְדִּֽילוּ׃When I said, ‘Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.Psalm 40:16 · יִגְדַּ֣לAll seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually, ‘Jehovah is magnified.’Psalm 41:9 · הִגְדִּ֖ילEven mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,Psalm 55:12 · הִגְדִּ֑ילFor an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear it, He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.Psalm 69:30 · וַאֲגַדְּלֶ֥נּוּI praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving,Psalm 70:4 · יִגְדַּ֣לLet all those seeking Thee joy and be glad in Thee, And let those loving Thy salvation Say continually, ‘God is magnified.’Psalm 92:5 · גָּדְל֣וּHow great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.Psalm 104:1 · גָּדַ֣לְתָּBless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.Psalm 126:2 · הִגְדִּ֥ילThen filled with laughter is our mouth, And our tongue with singing, Then do they say among nations, ‘Jehovah did great things with these.’Psalm 126:3 · הִגְדִּ֣ילJehovah did great things with us, We have been joyful.Psalm 138:2 · הִגְדַּ֥לְתָּI bow myself toward Thy holy temple, And I confess Thy name, For Thy kindness, and for Thy truth, For Thou hast made great Thy saying above all Thy name.Psalm 144:12 · מְגֻדָּלִ֪יםBecause our sons are as plants, Becoming great in their youth, Our daughters as hewn stones, Polished—the likeness of a palace,Ecclesiastes 1:16 · הִגְדַּ֤לְתִּיI—I spake with my heart, saying, ‘I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem, and my heart hath seen abundantly wisdom and knowledge.Ecclesiastes 2:4 · הִגְדַּ֖לְתִּיI made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.Ecclesiastes 2:9 · וְגָדַ֣לְתִּיAnd I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.Isaiah 1:2 · גִּדַּ֣לְתִּיHear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they—they transgressed against Me.Isaiah 9:3 · הִגְדַּ֣לְתָּThou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast made great its joy, They have joyed before Thee as the joy in harvest, As men rejoice in their apportioning spoil.Isaiah 10:15 · יִתְגַּדֵּ֤ל—Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!Isaiah 23:4 · גִדַּ֛לְתִּיBe ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea spake, The strength of the sea, saying: ‘I have not been pained, nor have I brought forth, Nor have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.’Isaiah 28:29 · הִגְדִּ֖ילEven this from Jehovah of Hosts hath gone out, He hath made counsel wonderful, He hath made wisdom great!Isaiah 42:21 · יַגְדִּ֥ילJehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.Isaiah 44:14 · יְגַדֵּֽל׃Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth it for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish it.Isaiah 49:21 · גִדֵּ֔לAnd thou hast said in thy heart: ‘Who hath begotten for me—these? And I bereaved and gloomy, A captive, and turned aside, And these—who hath nourished? Lo, I—I was left by myself, these—whence are they?Isaiah 51:18 · גִּדֵּֽלָה׃There is not a leader to her Out of all the sons she hath borne, And there is none laying hold on her hand Out of all the sons she hath nourished.Jeremiah 5:27 · גָּדְל֖וּAs a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.Jeremiah 48:26 · הִגְדִּ֑ילDeclare ye him drunk, For against Jehovah he made himself great And Moab hath stricken in his vomit, And he hath been for a derision—even he.Jeremiah 48:42 · הִגְדִּֽיל׃And Moab hath been destroyed from being a people, For against Jehovah he exerted himself.Lamentations 1:9 · הִגְדִּ֖ילHer uncleanness is in her skirts, She hath not remembered her latter end, And she cometh down wonderfully, There is no comforter for her. See, O Jehovah, mine affliction, For exerted himself hath an enemy.Lamentations 4:6 · וַיִּגְדַּל֙And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as in a moment, And no hands were stayed on her.Daniel 1:5 · וּֽלְגַדְּלָ֖םAnd the king doth appoint for them a rate, day by day, of the king’s portion of food, and of the wine of his drinking, so as to nourish them three years, that at the end thereof they may stand before the king.Daniel 8:4 · וְהִגְדִּֽיל׃I have seen the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward, and no living creatures do stand before it, and there is none delivering out of its hand, and it hath done according to its pleasure, and hath exerted itself.Daniel 8:8 · הִגְדִּ֣יל‘And the young he-goat hath exerted itself very much, and when it is strong, broken hath been the great horn; and come up doth a vision of four in its place, at the four winds of the heavens.Daniel 8:9 · וַתִּגְדַּל־And from the one of them come forth hath a little horn, and it exerteth itself greatly toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beauteous land;Daniel 8:10 · וַתִּגְדַּ֖לyea, it exerteth unto the host of the heavens, and causeth to fall to the earth of the host, and of the stars, and trampleth them down.Daniel 8:11 · הִגְדִּ֑ילAnd unto the prince of the host it exerteth itself, and by it taken away hath been the continual sacrifice, and thrown down the base of his sanctuary.Daniel 8:25 · יַגְדִּ֔יל‘And by his understanding he hath also caused deceit to prosper in his hand, and in his heart he exerteth himself, and by ease he destroyeth many; and against the prince of princes he standeth—and without hand he is broken.Daniel 11:36 · וְיִתְגַּדֵּל֙‘And the king hath done according to his will, and exalteth himself, and magnifieth himself against every god, and against the God of gods he speaketh wonderful things, and hath prospered till the indignation hath been completed, for that which is determined hath been done.Daniel 11:37 · יִתְגַּדָּֽל׃And unto the God of his fathers he doth not attend, nor to the desire of women, yea, to any god he doth not attend, for against all he magnifieth himself.Hosea 9:12 · יְגַדְּלוּ֙For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless—without man, Surely also, woe to them, when I turn aside from them.Amos 8:5 · וּלְהַגְדִּ֣ילSaying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.Obadiah 1:12 · תַּגְדֵּ֥לAnd—thou dost not look on the day of thy brother, On the day of his alienation, Nor dost thou rejoice over sons of Judah, In the day of their destruction, Nor make great thy mouth in a day of distress.Jonah 4:10 · גִדַּלְתּ֑וֹAnd Jehovah saith, ‘Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou didst not labour, neither didst thou nourish it, which a son of a night was, and a son of a night perished,Micah 5:4 · יִגְדַּ֖לAnd he hath stood and delighted in the strength of Jehovah, In the excellency of the name of Jehovah his God, And they have remained, For now he is great unto the ends of earth.Zephaniah 2:8 · וַיַּגְדִּ֖ילוּI have heard the reproach of Moab, And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, Wherewith they reproached My people, And magnify themselves against their border.Zephaniah 2:10 · וַיַּגְדִּ֔לוּThis is to them for their arrogancy, Because they have reproached, And they magnify themselves against the people of Jehovah of Hosts.Zechariah 12:7 · תִגְדַּ֜לAnd saved hath Jehovah the tents of Judah first, So that become not great against Judah Doth the beauty of the house of David, And the beauty of the inhabitant of Jerusalem.Zechariah 12:11 · יִגְדַּ֤לIn that day, great is the mourning of Jerusalem, As the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon,Malachi 1:5 · יִגְדַּ֣לAnd your eyes do see, and ye say, ‘Magnified is Jehovah beyond the border of Israel,