1435. Giddel
Strong's Lexicon
Giddel: Giddel

Original Word: גִּדֵּל
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Giddel
Pronunciation: gid-DALE
Phonetic Spelling: (ghid-dale')
Definition: Giddel
Meaning: Giddel

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root גָּדַל (gādal), meaning "to become great" or "to grow."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for the Hebrew name Giddel in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper noun specific to the Hebrew context.

Usage: The name Giddel means "great" or "very great." It is used in the Bible as a proper noun referring to a family or group of temple servants who returned from the Babylonian exile.

Cultural and Historical Background: The name Giddel appears in the context of the post-exilic period when the Israelites returned to Jerusalem and Judah from Babylonian captivity. The temple servants, also known as the Nethinim, were a group assigned to assist the Levites in the service of the temple. Their role was crucial in the restoration of worship and religious practices in the Second Temple period.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from gadal
Definition
"very great," one of the Nethinim, also one of Solomon's servants
NASB Translation
Giddel (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
גִּדֵּל proper name, masculine (very great) —

1 head of one of the families of Nethinim Ezra 2:47; Nehemiah 7:49.

2 head of one of the families of Solomon's servants Ezra 2:56; Nehemiah 7:58.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Giddel

From gadal; stout; Giddel, the name of one of the Nethinim, also of one of "Solomon's servants" -- Giddel.

see HEBREW gadal

Forms and Transliterations
גִדֵּ֖ל גִדֵּ֥ל גִדֵּֽל׃ גדל גדל׃ ḡid·dêl gidDel ḡiddêl
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Englishman's Concordance
Ezra 2:47
HEB: בְּנֵי־ גִדֵּ֥ל בְּנֵי־ גַ֖חַר
NAS: the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar,
KJV: The children of Giddel, the children
INT: the sons of Giddel the sons of Gahar

Ezra 2:56
HEB: דַרְק֖וֹן בְּנֵ֥י גִדֵּֽל׃
NAS: of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,
KJV: of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
INT: of Darkon the sons of Giddel

Nehemiah 7:49
HEB: חָנָ֥ן בְּנֵי־ גִדֵּ֖ל בְּנֵי־ גָֽחַר׃
NAS: the sons of Giddel, the sons
KJV: the children of Giddel, the children
INT: of Hanan the sons of Giddel the sons of Gahar

Nehemiah 7:58
HEB: דַרְק֖וֹן בְּנֵ֥י גִדֵּֽל׃
NAS: of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,
KJV: of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
INT: of Darkon the sons of Giddel

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1435
4 Occurrences


ḡid·dêl — 4 Occ.















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