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(Dibon)-gad

גָּדStrong’s H1769

gad

Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Gad is the Hebrew word usually translated “dibon”, “at dibon-” and “from dibon-”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

“We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.”
Numbers 21:30 KJV
Meaning
  1. § Gad = "troop", the tribe descended from Gad
  2. § Dibon = "wasting"
  3. § Dibon = "wasting"
How it's translated
  • dibon 6
  • and dibon 2
  • at dibon- 1
  • from dibon- 1
  • and in dibon 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 5
  • Joshua 2
  • Jeremiah 2
  • Nehemiah 1
  • Isaiah 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

גָּד gad · (Dibon)-gad

Combined with di.von (דִּיבֹן, דִּימוֹן "Dibon" H1769) § Gad = "troop", the tribe descended from Gad

דִּיבֹן divon · Dibon

§ Dibon = "wasting" a place in south Judah reinhabited by the men of Judah after the return from captivity

דִּיבֹן, דִּימוֹן divon · Dibon

§ Dibon = "wasting" a town in Moab on the east side of the Jordan which was taken over by the Israelites and rebuilt by the children of Gad

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.