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Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H1410

גָּד

Gadgawd

Gad

72 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Gâd

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1410is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 26
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1410

Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet

The King James renders it: Gad.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

Gad is rendered "Gad". It stands 72 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.

  • Twenty of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 30:11Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-six different ways.

The first use

Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

Genesis 30:11גָּֽד׃

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty of the word's seventy-two uses are in Numbers.

The other 28 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • Gad67
  • and Gad2
  • and of Gad1
  • for Gad1
  • the Gad1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

גָּדוֹלgadolgreat: largeUses526
גָּדַלgadalto magnifyUses117
גָּדַעgadato cut down/offUses22
גָּדִיGadiGadUses16
גָּדֵרgaderwallUses12
גָּדַרgadarto wall up/offUses10
גָּדַדgadadto cutUses8
גָּדַףgadaphto blasphemeUses7
גָּדָהgadahbankUses4
גָּדֵלgadelgrowingUses4
גָּדִישׁgadishstackUses4
גָּדgadfortuneUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 72, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

26 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • גָ֖ד11
  • גָ֔ד9
  • גָּ֖ד5
  • גָּ֔ד5
  • גָ֜ד4
  • גָּ֥ד4
  • גָ֑ד3
  • גָד֙3
  • גָ֛ד3
  • גָּ֣ד3
  • גָּ֑ד3
  • גָ֣ד2

and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • proper noun (a name)67HNpm
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Npm
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1HC/R/Npm
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npm
  • the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1HTd/Npl

Genesis

four uses
  • Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

    Genesis 30:11

    • גָּֽד׃gadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

    Genesis 35:26

    • גָּ֣דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

    Genesis 46:16

    • גָ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.

    Genesis 49:19

    • גָּ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad

Exodus

one use
  • Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.

    Exodus 1:4

    • גָּ֥דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad

Numbers

twenty uses
  • from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

    Numbers 1:14

    • לְגָ֕דlegadpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: for Gad
  • From the sons of Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

    Numbers 1:24

    • גָ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

    Numbers 1:25

    • גָ֑דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,

    Numbers 2:14

    • גָּ֑דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
    • גָ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the Gadites, drew near.

    Numbers 7:42

    • גָ֑דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.

    Numbers 10:20

    • גָ֑דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • and from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.

    Numbers 13:15

    • גָ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • These were the descendants of Gad by their clans: The Zephonite clan from Zephon, the Haggite clan from Haggi, the Shunite clan from Shuni,

    Numbers 26:15

    • גָד֮gadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • These were the clans of Gad, and their registration numbered 40,500.

    Numbers 26:18

    • גָ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

    Numbers 32:1

    • גָ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,

    Numbers 32:2

    • גָ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

    Numbers 32:6

    • גָ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.

    Numbers 32:25

    • גָד֙gadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

    Numbers 32:29

    • גָ֣דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

    Numbers 32:31

    • גָ֛דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

    Numbers 32:33

    • גָד֩gadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

    Numbers 32:34

    • גָ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • They set out from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.

    Numbers 33:45

    • גָּֽד׃gadproper noun (a name)tagged: gad
  • They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

    Numbers 33:46

    • גָּ֑דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: gad

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

    Deuteronomy 27:13

    • גָּ֣דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.

    Deuteronomy 33:20

    • וּלְגָ֣דulegadconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and of Gad
    • גָּ֑דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad

Joshua

twenty uses
  • The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.

    Joshua 4:12

    • גָ֜דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad:

    Joshua 13:24

    • גָ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
    • גָ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • This was the inheritance of the clans of the Gadites, including the cities and villages.

    Joshua 13:28

    • גָ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”

    Joshua 18:7

    • וְגָ֡דvegadconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gad
  • And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

    Joshua 20:8

    • גָ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

    Joshua 21:7

    • גָד֙gadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,

    Joshua 21:38

    • גָ֗דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.

    Joshua 22:9

    • גָ֜דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.

    Joshua 22:10

    • גָ֡דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”

    Joshua 22:11

    • גָ֡דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

    Joshua 22:13

    • גָ֛דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,

    Joshua 22:15

    • גָ֛דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:

    Joshua 22:21

    • גָ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.

    Joshua 22:25

    • גָד֙gadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.

    Joshua 22:30

    • גָ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”

    Joshua 22:31

    • גָ֜דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, together with the other leaders, returned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report regarding the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead.

    Joshua 22:32

    • גָ֜דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • The Israelites were satisfied with the report, and they blessed God and spoke no more about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.

    Joshua 22:33

    • גָ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”

    Joshua 22:34

    • גָ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad

1 Samuel

two uses
  • Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.

    1 Samuel 13:7

    • גָּ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

    1 Samuel 22:5

    • גָּ֨דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad

2 Samuel

six uses
  • They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.

    2 Samuel 24:5

    • הַגָּ֖דhagadthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Gad
  • When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

    2 Samuel 24:11

    • גָּ֣דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

    2 Samuel 24:13

    • גָ֥דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

    2 Samuel 24:14

    • גָּ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

    2 Samuel 24:18

    • גָ֥דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.

    2 Samuel 24:19

    • גָּ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad

1 Chronicles

eleven uses
  • Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

    1 Chronicles 2:2

    • גָּ֥דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:

    1 Chronicles 5:11

    • גָ֣דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

    1 Chronicles 6:63

    • גָ֞דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,

    1 Chronicles 6:80

    • גָ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.

    1 Chronicles 12:14

    • גָ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,

    1 Chronicles 21:9

    • גָּ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose

    1 Chronicles 21:11

    • גָ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

    1 Chronicles 21:13

    • גָּ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    1 Chronicles 21:18

    • גָּ֖דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.

    1 Chronicles 21:19

    • גָּ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,

    1 Chronicles 29:29

    • גָּ֥דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad

2 Chronicles

one use
  • Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.

    2 Chronicles 29:25

    • וְגָ֥דvegadconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Gad

Jeremiah

one use
  • Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?

    Jeremiah 49:1

    • גָּ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad

Ezekiel

three uses
  • And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.

    Ezekiel 48:27

    • גָּ֥דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.

    Ezekiel 48:28

    • גָּ֔דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad
  • And on the west side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.

    Ezekiel 48:34

    • גָּ֞דgadproper noun (a name)tagged: Gad

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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

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The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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