Definition

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

Etymology

or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from H1431 (גָּדַל);

Where the KJV renders it

• aloud
• elder(-est)
• exceeding(-ly)
• far
• (man of) great (man
• matter
• thing
• -er
• -ness)
• high
• long
• loud
• mighty
• more
• much
• noble
• proud thing
• sore
• ( ) very

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

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.