Fortune
גַּדStrong’s H1408gad
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Gad is the Hebrew word usually translated “fortune”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.”
Meaning
- § Gad = "god of fortune"
How it's translated
- for fortune 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
גַּד gad · Fortune
§ Gad = "god of fortune" a Babylonian deity
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fortune” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FOR'TUNE, noun
[Latin fortuna, fero or porto, tempestivus. See Hour and Time.]
- Properly, chance; accident; luck; the arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner.
- The good or ill that befalls man.
- Success, good or bad; event.
- The chance of life; means of living; wealth.
All definitions and other forms of “fortune”
- Estate; possessions, as a gentleman of small fortune
- A large estate; great wealth.
- The portion of a man or woman; generally of a woman.
- Futurity; future state or events; destiny.
FOR'TUNE, verb transitive
- To make fortunate. [Not used.]
- To dispose fortunately or not; also, to presage. obsolete
FOR'TUNE, verb intransitive
To befall; to fall out; to happen; to come casually to pass.
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.