Gᵉdûwlâh — H1420

Definition

feminine noun

greatness; (concretely) mighty acts

1. greatness
1. of man
2. of God's greatness (as an attribute)

Usually translated as

greatness, great things, dignity, majesty

Origin

or gᵉdullâh; (shortened) or (less accurately) gᵉdûwllâh; feminine of H1419

• Gâdôwl (H1419)

Greek equivalents

• euphrosýnē (G2167)
• megalōsýnē (G3172)
• ploûtos (G4149)
• cháris (G5485)

Occurrences

Gᵉdûwlâh occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (2), 1 Chronicles (3), Esther (3), Psalms (3)

• 2 Samuel 7:21 — For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things (הַגְּדוּלָּ֖ה), to make thy servant know them.
• 2 Samuel 7:23 — And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great (הַגְּדוּלָּ֤ה) things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
• 1 Chronicles 17:19 — O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness (הַגְּדוּלָּ֖ה), in making known all these great things.
• 1 Chronicles 17:19 — O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things (הַגְּדֻלּֽוֹת).
• 1 Chronicles 17:21 — And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness (גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת) and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
• 1 Chronicles 29:11 — Thine, O LORD, is the greatness (הַגְּדֻלָּ֨ה), and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
• Esther 1:4 — When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty (גְּדוּלָּת֑וֹ) many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
• Esther 6:3 — And the king said, What honour and dignity (וּגְדוּלָּ֛ה) hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
• Esther 10:2 — And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness (גְּדֻלַּ֣ת) of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
• Psalms 71:21 — Thou shalt increase my greatness (גְּֽדֻלָּתִ֗י), and comfort me on every side.
• Psalms 145:3 — Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness (וְ֝לִגְדֻלָּת֗וֹ) is unsearchable.
• Psalms 145:6 — And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness (וּגְדוּלָּתְךָ֥).