Baal-gad
בַּ֫עַל גָּדStrong’s H1171baal gad (ba-al gad)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Baal gad is the Hebrew word usually translated “gad”, “from baal” and “baal”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.”
Meaning
- Baal-gad = "lord of fortune"
How it's translated
- gad 3
- from baal 2
- baal 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 3
1 book in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 12:7And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
- Joshua 13:5And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
Hebrew dictionary
בַּ֫עַל גָּד baal gad · Baal-gad
Baal-gad = "lord of fortune" a city noted for Baal-worship, located at the most northern or northwestern point to which Joshua's victories extended Another name of cher.mon (חֶרְמוֹן "(Mount )Hermon" H2768)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gad” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GAD, noun
- A wedge or ingot of steel.
- A style or graver.
- A punch of iron with a wooden handle, used by miners.
All definitions and other forms of “gad”
GAD, verb intransitive
- To walk about; to rove or ramble idly or without any fixed purpose.
- To ramble in growth; as the gadding vine.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.