גָּדַל

Genesis 12:2 וַאֲגַדְּלָ֖ה and I will make great

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 19:13 גָֽדְלָ֤ה it is great

because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”

Genesis 19:19 וַתַּגְדֵּ֣ל and you have made great

Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

Genesis 21:8 וַיִּגְדַּ֥ל and he grew up

So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

Genesis 21:20 וַיִּגְדָּ֑ל and he grew up

And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

Genesis 24:35 וַיִּגְדָּ֑ל and he has become great

“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.

Genesis 25:27 וַֽיִּגְדְּלוּ֙ and they grew up

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

Genesis 26:13 וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל גָדַ֖ל and he became great, he became great

and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

Genesis 38:11 יִגְדַּל֙ he will grow up

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

Genesis 38:14 גָדַ֣ל he had grown up

she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

Genesis 41:40 אֶגְדַּ֥ל I will be great

You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

Genesis 48:19 יִגְדָּ֑ל יִגְדַּ֣ל he will become great

But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

Exodus 2:10 וַיִגְדַּ֣ל and he grew up

When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”

Exodus 2:11 וַיִּגְדַּ֤ל and he grew up

One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.

Numbers 6:5 גַּדֵּ֥ל he will make grow

For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.

Numbers 14:17 יִגְדַּל־ may it be great

So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:

Joshua 3:7 גַּדֶּלְךָ֔ to make great you

Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.

Joshua 4:14 גִּדַּ֤ל he made great

On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.

Judges 11:2 וַיִּגְדְּל֨וּ and they grew up

And Gilead’s wife bore him sons who grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”

Judges 13:24 וַיִּגְדַּ֣ל and he grew up

So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

Ruth 1:13 יִגְדָּ֔לוּ they will grow up

would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”

1 Samuel 2:21 וַיִּגְדַּ֛ל and he grew up

So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

1 Samuel 3:19 וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל and he grew up

And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.

1 Samuel 12:24 הִגְדִּ֖ל he has done great things

Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

1 Samuel 20:41 הִגְדִּֽיל׃ he did great things

When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.

1 Samuel 26:24 גָּדְלָ֧ה תִּגְדַּ֤ל it was great, may it be great

As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”

2 Samuel 5:10 וְגָד֑וֹל and becoming great

And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.

2 Samuel 7:22 גָּדַ֖לְתָּ you are great

How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.

2 Samuel 7:26 וְיִגְדַּ֨ל and it may be great

so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.

2 Samuel 12:3 וַתִּגְדַּ֥ל and it grew up

but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

1 Kings 1:37 וִֽיגַדֵּל֙ and may he make great

Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than that of my lord King David.”

1 Kings 1:47 וִֽיגַדֵּ֥ל and may he make great

The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,

1 Kings 10:23 וַיִּגְדַּל֙ and he became great

So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

1 Kings 12:8 גָּדְל֣וּ they had grown up

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

1 Kings 12:10 גָּדְל֣וּ they had grown up

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

2 Kings 4:18 וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל and he grew up

And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.

2 Kings 10:6 מְגַדְּלִ֥ים [who] were bringing up

Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.

1 Chronicles 11:9 וְגָד֑וֹל and becoming great

And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of Hosts was with him.

1 Chronicles 17:24 וְיִגְדַּ֨ל so it may be great

so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

1 Chronicles 22:5 לְהַגְדִּ֨יל׀ [is] to make great

And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.

1 Chronicles 29:12 לְגַדֵּ֥ל to make great

Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

1 Chronicles 29:25 וַיְגַדֵּ֨ל and he made great

The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him.

2 Chronicles 1:1 וַֽיְגַדְּלֵ֖הוּ and he made great him

Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.

2 Chronicles 9:22 וַיִּגְדַּל֙ and he became great

So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

2 Chronicles 10:8 גָּדְל֣וּ they had grown up

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

2 Chronicles 10:10 גָּדְל֣וּ they had grown up

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

Ezra 9:6 גָדְלָ֖ה it is great

and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

Esther 3:1 גִּדַּל֩ he made great

After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.

Esther 5:11 גִּדְּל֤וֹ he had made great him

Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

Esther 9:4 וְגָדֽוֹל׃ פ and becoming great

For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.

Esther 10:2 גִּדְּל֖וֹ he had made great him

And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?

Job 2:13 גָדַ֥ל it was great

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

Job 7:17 תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ you will make great him

What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,

Job 19:5 תַּגְדִּ֑ילוּ you will magnify yourselves

If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,

Job 31:18 גְּדֵלַ֣נִי he grew up with me

though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

Psalm 18:50 מַגְדִּיל֮ [he is] making great

Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

Psalm 34:3 גַּדְּל֣וּ magnify

Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.

Psalm 35:26 הַֽמַּגְדִּילִ֥ים who magnify themselves

May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

Psalm 35:27 יִגְדַּ֣ל may he be great

May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”

Psalm 38:16 הִגְדִּֽילוּ׃ they magnified themselves

For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

Psalm 40:16 יִגְדַּ֣ל he is great

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”

Psalm 41:9 הִגְדִּ֖יל he has made great

Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Psalm 55:12 הִגְדִּ֑יל he magnified himself

For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

Psalm 69:30 וַאֲגַדְּלֶ֥נּוּ and I will magnify him

I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 70:4 יִגְדַּ֣ל may he be great

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”

Psalm 92:5 גָּדְל֣וּ they are great

How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!

Psalm 104:1 גָּדַ֣לְתָּ you are great

Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.

Psalm 126:2 הִגְדִּ֥יל he has made great

Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

Psalm 126:3 הִגְדִּ֣יל he has made great

The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

Psalm 138:2 הִגְדַּ֥לְתָּ you have made great

I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

Psalm 144:12 מְגֻדָּלִ֪ים full grown

Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

Ecclesiastes 1:16 הִגְדַּ֤לְתִּי I have made great

I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”

Ecclesiastes 2:4 הִגְדַּ֖לְתִּי I made great

I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

Ecclesiastes 2:9 וְגָדַ֣לְתִּי and I became great

So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.

Isaiah 1:2 גִּדַּ֣לְתִּי I have brought up

Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

Isaiah 9:3 הִגְדַּ֣לְתָּ you will magnify

You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

Isaiah 10:15 יִתְגַּדֵּ֤ל does it magnify itself

Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

Isaiah 23:4 גִדַּ֛לְתִּי I have brought up

Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

Isaiah 28:29 הִגְדִּ֖יל he has made great

This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.

Isaiah 42:21 יַגְדִּ֥יל he will make great

The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

Isaiah 44:14 יְגַדֵּֽל׃ it makes [it] grow

He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

Isaiah 49:21 גִדֵּ֔ל did he bring up

Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”

Isaiah 51:18 גִּדֵּֽלָה׃ [whom] she has brought up

Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand.

Jeremiah 5:27 גָּדְל֖וּ they have become great

Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

Jeremiah 48:26 הִגְדִּ֑יל it has magnified itself

“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.

Jeremiah 48:42 הִגְדִּֽיל׃ it has magnified itself

Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.

Lamentations 1:9 הִגְדִּ֖יל it has magnified itself

Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!

Lamentations 4:6 וַיִּגְדַּל֙ and it has become great

The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.

Ezekiel 16:7 וַֽתִּגְדְּלִ֔י and you grew up

I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.

Ezekiel 24:9 אַגְדִּ֥יל I will make great

Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.

Ezekiel 31:4 גִּדְּל֔וּהוּ they made grow it

The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.

Ezekiel 35:13 וַתַּגְדִּ֤ילוּ and you have magnified yourselves

You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!

Ezekiel 38:23 וְהִתְגַּדִּלְתִּי֙ and I will show myself great

I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Daniel 1:5 וּֽלְגַדְּלָ֖ם and to bring up them

The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king’s service.

Daniel 8:4 וְהִגְדִּֽיל׃ and it magnified itself

I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.

Daniel 8:8 הִגְדִּ֣יל it magnified itself

Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.

Daniel 8:9 וַתִּגְדַּל־ and it became great

From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.

Daniel 8:10 וַתִּגְדַּ֖ל and it became great

It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth and trampled them.

Daniel 8:11 הִגְדִּ֑יל it magnified itself

It magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.

Daniel 8:25 יַגְדִּ֔יל he will magnify himself

Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.

Daniel 11:36 וְיִתְגַּדֵּל֙ and he may magnify himself

Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.

Daniel 11:37 יִתְגַּדָּֽל׃ he will magnify himself

He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.

Hosea 9:12 יְגַדְּלוּ֙ they will bring up

Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!

Joel 2:20 הִגְדִּ֖יל he has made great

The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.

Joel 2:21 הִגְדִּ֥יל he has made great

Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.

Amos 8:5 וּלְהַגְדִּ֣יל and to make great

asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

Obadiah 1:12 תַּגְדֵּ֥ל you make big

But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.

Jonah 4:10 גִדַּלְתּ֑וֹ you had made grow it

But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.

Micah 5:4 יִגְדַּ֖ל he will be great

He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.

Zephaniah 2:8 וַיַּגְדִּ֖ילוּ and they have magnified themselves

“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.

Zephaniah 2:10 וַיַּגְדִּ֔לוּ and they magnified themselves

This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.

Zechariah 12:7 תִגְדַּ֜ל it will be great

The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.

Zechariah 12:11 יִגְדַּ֤ל it will be great

On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

Malachi 1:5 יִגְדַּ֣ל he is great

You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”