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Psalms 147:5
“Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גָּדוֹלgâdôwl · gaw-dole'
H1419 · Hebrew
H1419 · Hebrew
- Definition
- great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- Derivation
- or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from H1431 (גָּדַל);
- KJV renderings
- [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, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
- Grammar
- גָּד֣וֹל — adjective, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 530 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:16Genesis 1:16Genesis 1:21Genesis 4:13Genesis 10:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גָּדוֹל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.