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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H1416

גְּדוּד

gedudghed-ood'

band

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

Concordance spelling: gᵉdûwd

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1416is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 25
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1416

a crowd (especially of soldiers)

The King James renders it: army, band (of men), company, troop (of robbers).

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

gedud is rendered "band". It stands 33 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.

  • Eight of the uses stand in 2 Kings, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:19Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.

The first use

Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.

Genesis 49:19גְּד֣וּד

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

Where the word stands

The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 27 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

  • the marauding band8
  • a marauding band6
  • marauding bands of5
  • marauding bands3
  • among the troop1
  • and marauding bands of1
  • from the raid1
  • the troop1
  • to the troop1
  • to troop1
  • to troop of1
  • to troops his1

and 3 more, 33 uses in all

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.

גְּדִיgedikidUses16
גְּדוּלָהgedulahgreatnessUses12
גְּדֵרָהgederahwallUses9
גְּדַדgedadto chopUses2
גְּדִלgediltasselUses2
גְּדוּדgedudfurrowUses2
גְּדָבָרgedabartreasurerUses2
גְּדֵרִיGederiGederiteUses1
גְּדוּפָהgeduphahtauntUses1
גְּדִיָּהgediahkidUses1
גְּדֵרָתִיGederathiGederathiteUses1
גְּדוּדָהgedudahfurrowUsesnot recorded

Other numbers on this spelling

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

All 33, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

25 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

  • גְּדוּדֵ֣י4
  • הַגְּד֔וּד3
  • גְּד֑וּד2
  • גְּד֔וּד2
  • גְּד֖וּד2
  • בַּגְּד֑וּד1
  • גְּד֣וּד1
  • גְּדוּדֵ֨י1
  • גְּדוּדֵי֙1
  • גְדוּדָ֗יו1
  • גְדוּדִ֣ים1
  • גְדוּדִ֔ים1

and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular9HTd/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular7HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)6HNcmpc
  • noun · masculine plural3HNcmpa
  • preposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HR/Td/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmpc
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa

Genesis

one use
  • Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.

    Genesis 49:19

    • גְּד֣וּדgedudnoun · masculine singulartagged: a marauding band

1 Samuel

four uses
  • and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”

    1 Samuel 30:8

    • הַגְּדוּד־hagedud-the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the marauding band
  • “Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”

    1 Samuel 30:15

    • הַגְּד֣וּדhagedudthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the marauding band
    • הַגְּד֥וּדhagedudthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the marauding band
  • But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.

    1 Samuel 30:23

    • הַגְּד֛וּדhagedudthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the marauding band

2 Samuel

three uses
  • Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder. But Abner was not with David in Hebron because David had sent him on his way in peace.

    2 Samuel 3:22

    • מֵֽהַגְּד֔וּדmehagedudpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: from the raid
  • Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,

    2 Samuel 4:2

    • גְדוּדִ֣יםgedudimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: marauding bands
  • For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.

    2 Samuel 22:30

    • גְּד֑וּדgedudnoun · masculine singulartagged: a marauding band

1 Kings

one use
  • and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.

    1 Kings 11:24

    • גְּד֔וּדgedudnoun · masculine singulartagged: a marauding band

2 Kings

eight uses
  • At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.

    2 Kings 5:2

    • גְדוּדִ֔יםgedudimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: marauding bands
  • So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.

    2 Kings 6:23

    • גְּדוּדֵ֣יgedudeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: marauding bands of
  • And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.

    2 Kings 13:20

    • וּגְדוּדֵ֥יugedudeiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and marauding bands of
  • Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.

    2 Kings 13:21

    • הַגְּד֔וּדhagedudthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the marauding band
  • And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.

    2 Kings 24:2

    • גְּדוּדֵ֣יgedudeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: marauding bands of
    • גְּדוּדֵ֨יgedudeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: marauding bands of
    • גְּדוּדֵ֣יgedudeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: marauding bands of
    • גְּדוּדֵ֣יgedudeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: marauding bands of

1 Chronicles

three uses
  • Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.

    1 Chronicles 7:4

    • גְּדוּדֵי֙gedudeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: troops of
  • Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

    1 Chronicles 12:18

    • הַגְּדֽוּד׃ פhagedudthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the marauding band
  • They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.

    1 Chronicles 12:21

    • הַגְּד֔וּדhagedudthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the marauding band

2 Chronicles

five uses
  • Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

    2 Chronicles 22:1

    • הַגְּד֔וּדhagedudthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the marauding band
  • Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”

    2 Chronicles 25:9

    • לִגְד֣וּדligdudpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to troop of
  • So Amaziah dismissed the troops who had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. And they were furious with Judah and returned home in great anger.

    2 Chronicles 25:10

    • לְהַגְּדוּד֙lehagedudpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the troop
  • Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.

    2 Chronicles 25:13

    • הַגְּד֗וּדhagedudthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the troop
  • Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.

    2 Chronicles 26:11

    • לִגְד֗וּדligdudpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: to troop

Job

three uses
  • His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

    Job 19:12

    • גְדוּדָ֗יוgedudavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: troops his
  • Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

    Job 25:3

    • לִגְדוּדָ֑יוligdudavpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to troops his
  • I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

    Job 29:25

    • בַּגְּד֑וּדbagedudpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: among the troop

Psalms

one use
  • For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.

    Psalms 18:29

    • גְּד֑וּדgedudnoun · masculine singulartagged: a marauding band

Jeremiah

one use
  • Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

    Jeremiah 18:22

    • גְּד֖וּדgedudnoun · masculine singulartagged: a marauding band

Hosea

two uses
  • Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

    Hosea 6:9

    • גְּדוּדִ֗יםgedudimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: marauding bands
  • When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

    Hosea 7:1

    • גְּד֖וּדgedudnoun · masculine singulartagged: a marauding band

Micah

one use
  • Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.

    Micah 5:1

    • גְּד֔וּדgedudnoun · masculine singulartagged: troop

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

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.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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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