Band
גְּדוּדStrong’s H1416gedud (ge-dud)
Appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gedud is the Hebrew word usually translated “marauding band”, “marauding bands of” and “marauding bands”. It appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament.
“Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.”
Meaning
- A band, troop, marauding bandmarauding band, raiding band · troop, band (of divisions of army) · foray, raid
How it's translated
- the marauding band 7
- a marauding band 6
- marauding bands of 5
- marauding bands 3
- the troop 2
- from the raid 1
- and marauding bands of 1
- marauding band 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 5
- 2 Chronicles 5
- 1 Samuel 3
- 2 Samuel 3
- 1 Chronicles 3
- Job 3
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 30:8And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
- 1 Samuel 30:15And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
- 1 Samuel 30:23Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
- 2 Samuel 3:22And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
- 2 Samuel 4:2And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin.
- 2 Samuel 22:30For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Hebrew dictionary
גְּדוּד gedud · band
1) a band, troop, marauding band 1a) marauding band, raiding band 1b) troop, band (of divisions of army) 1c) foray, raid
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “band” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BAND, noun
[See Bind and Bend.]
- A fillet; a cord; a tie; a chain; any narrow ligament with which a thing is bound, tied or fastened, or by which a number of things are confined together.
- In architecture, any flat low member of molding, broad but not deep, called also fascia, face or plinth.
- Figuratively, any chain; any means of restraint; that which draws or confines.
- Means of union or connection between persons; as, Hymen's bands.
All definitions and other forms of “band”
- Any thing bound round or encircling another.
- Something worn about the neck; as the bands of clergymen.
- A company of soldiers; the body of men united under one flag or ensign.
- A company of persons united in any common design; as a band of brothers.
- A slip of canvas, sewed across a sail to strengthen it.
BAND, verb transitive
To bind together; to bind over with a band
- To unite in a troop, company or confederacy.
BAND, verb intransitive
To unite; to associate; to confederate for some common purpose.
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.