Definition

to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)

Etymology

a primitive root; properly, to twist (compare H1434 (גְּדִל)), i.e.

Where the KJV renders it

• advance
• boast
• bring up
• exceed
• excellent
• be(-come
• do
• give
• make
• wax)
• great(-er
• come to... estate
• things)
• grow(up)
• increase
• lift up
• magnify(-ifical)
• be much set by
• nourish (up)
• pass
• promote
• proudly (spoken)
• tower

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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