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Ecclesiastes 2:4

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1431 I made me great הגדלתי

H4639 works מעשׂי

H1129 בניתי

H1004 I builded me houses לי בתים

H5193 I planted נטעתי

H3754 me vineyards לי כרמים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

made

H1431 great

H4639 works

builded

H1004 houses

H5193 planted

H3754 vineyards

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H1431

Hebrew: גָּדַל

Transliteration: gâdal

Pronunciation: gaw-dal'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {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.

Definition:

properly to twist (compare {H1434 }) that {is} to be (causatively make) large (in various {senses} as in {body} {mind} estate or {honor} also in pride)

1. to grow, become great or important, promote, make powerful, praise, magnify, do great things

a. (Qal)

1. to grow up

2. to become great

3. to be magnified

b. (Piel)

1. to cause to grow

2. to make great, powerful

3. to magnify

c. (Pual) to be brought up

d. (Hiphil)

1. to make great

2. to magnify

3. to do great things

e. (Hithpael) to magnify oneself

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906