godel · greatness

What it means

godel (גֹּדֶל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “greatness”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. How great God, or something, is.
2. A swollen heart that thinks itself superior.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Numbers×1
• Deuteronomy×5
• Psalms×2
• Isaiah×2
• Ezekiel×3

• Numbers 14:19

  Please forgive the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loyal love, and just as you have forgiven this people from Egypt and until now.”

• Deuteronomy 3:24

  “Adonai YHWH, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your strong hand; for what god is there in the heavens or on the earth who can do according to your works and according to your mighty deeds?

• Deuteronomy 5:24

  and you said, “Look, YHWH our Elohim has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire. This day we have seen that Elohim speaks with a human being, and he lives.

• Deuteronomy 9:26

  I prayed to YHWH and said, “Adonai YHWH, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, whom you ransomed by your greatness, whom you brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.

• Deuteronomy 11:2

  Know today —for I am not speaking with your children, who have not known and who have not seen— the discipline of YHWH your Elohim, his greatness, his strong hand, and his outstretched arm,

• Deuteronomy 32:3

  For the name of YHWH I will proclaim; ascribe greatness to our Elohim.

• Psalms 79:11

  Let the groaning of the prisoner come before you; according to the greatness of your arm preserve alive the sons of death.

• Psalms 150:2

  Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to the abundance of his greatness.

• Isaiah 9:9

  and the people knew it, all of them, Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, in arrogance and in greatness of heart, saying,

• Isaiah 10:12

  And it will happen when Adonai has finished all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, that I will punish the fruit of the greatness of heart of the king of Assyria and the beauty of the height of his eyes.

• Ezekiel 31:2

  “Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his multitude, ‘To whom are you like in your greatness?

• Ezekiel 31:7

  And it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches, for its root was by many waters.

• Ezekiel 31:18

  To whom are you like, thus, in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? And you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the land below; in the midst of the uncircumcised you will lie, with those slain by the sword. That is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares Adonai YHWH.’”