Strong’s H1420 · Hebrew

גְּדוּלָה
gᵉdûwlâh
ghed-oo-law'

Definition

greatness; (concretely) mighty acts

Etymology

or גְּדֻלָּה; (shortened) or (less accurately) גְּדוּלָּה; feminine of H1419 (גָּדוֹל);

Where the KJV renders it

  • dignity
  • great things(-ness)
  • majesty

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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