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HebrewH1410Proper Noun (Masculine)

גָּד

gad

66Occurrences
H1410Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet

from H1464 (גּוּד);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Israel (H3478) and Zilpah (H2153); brother of: Asher (H0836); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Ziphion (H6837), Haggi (H2291), Shuni (H7764), Ezbon (H0675), Eri (H6179), Arod (H0720) and Areli (H0692) § Gad = "troop" 1) seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and full brother of ) the tribe descended from ) a prophet during the time of David; appears to have joined David when in the hold; reappears in connection with the punishment for taking a census; also assisted in the arrangements for the musical service of the "house of God"

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

גָּד appears 66 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
19
Numbers
19
1 Chronicles
8
2 Samuel
6
Genesis
4
Ezk
3
1 Samuel
2
Deuteronomy
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:2BSB

Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

2 Samuel 24:13BSB

So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

Genesis 49:19BSB

Gad will be attacked by raiders,but he will attack their heels.

Joshua 22:21BSB

Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:

Numbers 2:14BSB

Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.