Γάδ

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Derives from

• גד Gâd H1410 Gad

Proper names from this root

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• גדי Gâdîy H1425 Gadite

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Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897

Fortune; luck. (1.) Jacob's seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and the brother of Asher (Gen. 30:11-13; 46:16, 18). In the Authorized Version of 30:11 the words, "A troop cometh: and she called," etc., should rather be rendered, "In fortune [R.V., Fortunate']: and she called," etc., or "Fortune cometh," etc.

The tribe of Gad during the march through the wilderness had their place with Simeon and Reuben on the south side of the tabernacle (Num. 2:14). The tribes of Reuben and Gad continued all through their history to follow the pastoral pursuits of the patriarchs (Num. 32:1-5).

The portion allotted to the tribe of Gad was on the east of Jordan, and comprehended the half of Gilead, a region of great beauty and fertility (Deut. 3:12), bounded on the east by the Arabian desert, on the west by the Jordan (Josh. 13:27), and on the north by the river Jabbok. It thus included the whole of the Jordan valley as far north as to the Sea of Galilee, where it narrowed almost to a point.

This tribe was fierce and warlike; they were "strong men of might, men of war for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, their faces the faces of lions, and like roes upon the mountains for swiftness" (1 Chr. 12:8; 5:19-22). Barzillai (2 Sam. 17:27) and Elijah (1 Kings 17:1) were of this tribe. It was carried into captivity at the same time as the other tribes of the northern kingdom by Tiglath-pileser (1 Chr. 5:26), and in the time of Jeremiah (49:1) their cities were inhabited by the Ammonites.

(2.) A prophet who joined David in the "hold," and at whose advice he quitted it for the forest of Hareth (1 Chr. 29:29; 2 Chr. 29:25; 1 Sam. 22:5). Many years after we find mention made of him in connection with the punishment inflicted for numbering the people (2 Sam. 24:11-19; 1 Chr. 21:9-19). He wrote a book called the "Acts of David" (1 Chr. 29:29), and assisted in the arrangements for the musical services of the "house of God" (2 Chr. 29:25). He bore the title of "the king's seer" (2 Sam. 24:11, 13; 1 Chr. 21:9).

Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863

(a troop).

+ Jacob's seventh son, the first-born of Zilpah, Leah's maid, and whole-brother to Asher. (Genesis 30:11-13; 46:16,18) (B.C. 1753-1740.) + "The seer," or "the king's seer," i.e. David's (1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 29:25) was a "prophet" who appears to have joined David when in the old. (1 Samuel 22:5) (B.C. 1061.) He reappears in connection with the punishment inflicted for the numbering of the people. (2 Samuel 24:11-19; 1 Chronicles 21:9-19) He wrote a book of the Acts of David, (1 Chronicles 29:29) and also assisted in the arrangements for the musical service of the "house of God." (2 Chronicles 29:25)

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869

a band; a troop

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The same Greek word Γαδ appears 80 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 78 verses in 12 books.

80

LXX occurrences

Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.

78

verses

Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.

12 / 39

OT books

The word appears in 12 of the 39 Old Testament books.

Sample Septuagint occurrences

• Genesis 30:11 γαδ
• Exodus 1:4 γαδ
• Numbers 1:14 γαδ
• Deuteronomy 3:12 γαδ
• Joshua 1:12 γαδ
• 1 Samuel 13:7 γαδ
• 2 Samuel 24:5 γαδ
• 1 Kings 4:18 γαδ
• 1 Chronicles 2:2 γαδ
• 2 Chronicles 29:25 γαδ
• Jeremiah 30:17 γαδ
• Ezekiel 48:27 γαδ

Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)

Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G1045) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 78. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.

• Genesis 30:11 γαδ Leah said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad.
• Genesis 35:26 γαδ The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
• Genesis 46:16 γαδ The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
• Genesis 49:19 γαδ "Gad, a troop will press on him; But he will press on their heel.
• Exodus 1:4 γαδ Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
• Numbers 1:14 γαδ Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
• Numbers 1:36 γαδ Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
• Numbers 1:37 γαδ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
• Numbers 2:14 γαδ "The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
• Numbers 7:42 γαδ On the sixth day, Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad
• Numbers 10:20 γαδ Over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
• Numbers 13:15 γαδ Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
• Numbers 26:24 γαδ of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
• Numbers 26:27 γαδ These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, sixty thousand five hundred.
• Numbers 32:1 γαδ Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for cattle;
• Numbers 32:2 γαδ the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,
• Numbers 32:6 γαδ Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?
• Numbers 32:25 γαδ The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands.
• Numbers 32:29 γαδ Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle, before Yahweh, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
• Numbers 32:31 γαδ The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do.
• Numbers 32:33 γαδ Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities of it with [their] borders, even the cities of the land round about.
• Numbers 32:34 γαδ The children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
• Numbers 33:45 γαδ They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon-gad.
• Numbers 33:46 γαδ They traveled from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.
• Numbers 34:14 γαδ for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
• Deuteronomy 3:12 γαδ This land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities of it, gave I to the Reubenites and to the Gadites:
• Deuteronomy 3:16 γαδ To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border [of it], even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
• Deuteronomy 27:13 γαδ These shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
• Deuteronomy 29:7 γαδ When you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle, and we struck them:
• Deuteronomy 33:20 γαδ Of Gad he said, Blessed be he who enlarges Gad: He dwells as a lioness, Tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.
• Joshua 1:12 γαδ To the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying,
• Joshua 4:12 γαδ The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them:
• Joshua 12:6 γαδ Moses the servant of Yahweh and the children of Israel struck them: and Moses the servant of Yahweh gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
• Joshua 13:8 γαδ With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them:
• Joshua 13:24 γαδ Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according to their families.
• Joshua 13:28 γαδ This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and the villages of it.
• Joshua 18:7 γαδ For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them.
• Joshua 20:5 γαδ If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him before.
• Joshua 21:7 γαδ The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
• Joshua 21:38 γαδ Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
• Joshua 22:1 γαδ Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
• Joshua 22:9 γαδ The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
• Joshua 22:10 γαδ When they came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look on.
• Joshua 22:11 γαδ The children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel.
• Joshua 22:13 γαδ The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
• Joshua 22:15 γαδ They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,
• Joshua 22:21 γαδ Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,
• Joshua 22:30 γαδ When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
• Joshua 22:31 γαδ Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we know that Yahweh is in the midst of us, because you have not committed this trespass against Yahweh: now have you delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Yahweh.
• Joshua 22:32 γαδ Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G1045) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.