Gad
גָּדStrong’s H1410gad
Appears in 69 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gad is the Hebrew word usually translated “gad”. It appears in 69 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.”
Meaning
- Seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and full brother of Asher.
- Seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and full brother of Asher.
- The tribe descended from Gad
- 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"
How it's translated
- gad 68
- and gad 2
- for gad 1
- and of gad 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 19
- Joshua 19
- 1 Chronicles 11
- 2 Samuel 6
- Genesis 4
- Ezekiel 3
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 35:26And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
- Genesis 46:16And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
- Genesis 49:19Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
- Exodus 1:4Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
- Numbers 1:14Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
- Numbers 1:24Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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Hebrew dictionary
גָּד gad · Gad
A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.11; 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 Asher. …
גָּד gad · Gad
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.22.5 § Gad = "troop" 1) seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and full brother of Asher. 2) the tribe descended from Gad 3) 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"
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.