Azgad
עַזְגָּדStrong’s H5803azgad (az-gad)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Azgad is the Hebrew word usually translated “azgad”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.”
Meaning
- Ancestor of a family of laymen who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
- A man who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
- Ancestor of a family of laymen who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
- A man who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
How it's translated
- azgad 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 2
- Nehemiah 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
עַזְגָּד azgad · Azgad
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.12 § Azgad = "Gad is mighty" 1) ancestor of a family of laymen who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 2) a man who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
עַזְגָּד azgad · Azgad
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.15 § Azgad = "Gad is mighty" 1) ancestor of a family of laymen who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 2) a man who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
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.