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# גֹּדֶל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1433

**greatness** — used 13 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

greatness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1433/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גֹּ֫דֶל: n.m. greatness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1433/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. greatness—Dt 32:3 + 5 times; sf. גָּדְלוֹ Dt 5:21 + 5 times; גֻּדְלוֹ ψ 150:2;— greatness, magnitude, tree Ez 31:7, arm of God ψ 79:11, mercy of God Nu 14:19. magnificence, king Ez 31:2, 18; God Dt 3:24; 5:21; 9:26; 11:2; 32:3 ψ 150:2. in a bad sense, גֹּדֶל לֵבָב = pride, insolence of heart Is 9:8; 10:12.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: greatness (9); to the greatness (2); his greatness (1).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 32:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.3/#tree)

כִּ֛י שֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה אֶקְרָ֑א הָב֥וּ גֹ֖דֶל לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.name of.Yahweh I.will.proclaim ascribe greatness to God our

*JPS 1917:* For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

[Psalms 150:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.150.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.150.2/#tree)

הַֽלְל֥וּהוּ בִגְבוּרֹתָ֑יו הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ כְּרֹ֣ב גֻּדְלֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* praise him for his.mighty deeds praise him according to.the.greatness his.greatness his

*JPS 1917:* Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to His abundant greatness.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1433.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1433/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).