Gad (78 Occurrences)

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Genesis 30:11 Leah said, "How fortunate!" She named him Gad. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 35:26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 46:16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 49:19 "A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 1:4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 1:14 Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 1:24 Of the children of Gad, 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; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 1:25 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 2:14 "The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 7:42 On the sixth day, Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 10:20 Eliasaph the son of Deuel was over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 13:15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 26:15 The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 26:18 These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:2 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, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Numbers 32:6 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? (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:25 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, "Your servants will do as my lord commands. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:29 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: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:31 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, "As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:33 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 surrounding land. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:34 The children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 33:45 They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 33:46 They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 34:14 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: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 27:13 These shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 33:20 Of Gad he said, "He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 4:12 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. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 11:17 from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck them, and put them to death. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 12:7 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 13:5 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 13:24 Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according to their families. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 13:28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and its villages. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 15:37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 18:7 For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 20:8 Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 21:7 The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 21:38 Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:9 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. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:10 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 at. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:11 The children of Israel heard this, "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." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 22:13 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, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:15 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, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:21 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, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:25 For Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad. You have no portion in Yahweh."' So your children might make our children cease from fearing Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:30 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. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:31 Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, "Today we know that Yahweh is in the midst of us, because you have not committed this trespass against Yahweh. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Yahweh." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:32 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. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:33 The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 22:34 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar "A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 13:7 Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 22:5 The prophet Gad said to David, "Don't stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah." Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 24:5 They passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and to Jazer: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 24:11 When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, "Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now answer, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 24:14 David said to Gad, "I am in distress. Let us fall now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into the hand of man." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 24:18 Gad came that day to David, and said to him, "Go up, build an altar to Yahweh on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 24:19 David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh commanded. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 10:33 from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 5:11 The sons of Gad lived over against them, in the land of Bashan to Salecah: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 6:63 To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 6:80 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 12:14 These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army: he who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 12:37 On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, one hundred twenty thousand. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 21:9 Yahweh spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 21:11 So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Take your choice: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 21:13 David said to Gad, I am in distress. Let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Yahweh; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 21:18 Then the angel of Yahweh commanded Gad to tell David, that David should go up, and raise an altar to Yahweh in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 21:19 David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the name of Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 29:25 He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Yahweh by his prophets. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 65:11 But ye who forsake Jehovah, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Gad, and fill up mixed wine unto Meni: (DBY YLT)

Jeremiah 2:36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. (Root in KJV ASV DBY RSV)

Jeremiah 49:1 Of the children of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh: Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people well in its cities? (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 48:27 By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 48:28 By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the great sea. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 48:34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Thesaurus

Gad (78 Occurrences)
... The tribe of Gad during the march through the wilderness had their place with Simeon
and Reuben on the south side of the tabernacle (Numbers 2:14). ...GAD (1). ...
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Baal-gad (3 Occurrences)
Baal-gad. << Baalgad, Baal-gad. Ba'al-gad >>. Easton's Bible Dictionary ... Some have
supposed it to be the same as Baalbec. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BAAL-GAD...
/b/baal-gad.htm - 8k

Migdal-gad (1 Occurrence)
Migdal-gad. << Migdalgad, Migdal-gad. Mig'dal-gad >>. Easton's Bible Dictionary
Tower ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MIGDAL-GAD. mig ...
/m/migdal-gad.htm - 8k

Dibon-gad (2 Occurrences)
Dibon-gad. << Dibongad, Dibon-gad. Dibri >>. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
DIBON; DIBON-GAD. di'-bon (dibhon, "washing"; Daibon ...
/d/dibon-gad.htm - 8k

Gad's (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Gad's (3 Occurrences). ... (See NIV). 2 Samuel 24:19 And David
went up according to the saying of Gad, as the LORD commanded. (See RSV). ...
/g/gad's.htm - 7k

Gad-fly (1 Occurrence)
Gad-fly. << Gadfly, Gad-fly. Gadi >>. Multi-Version Concordance
Gad-fly (1 Occurrence). Jeremiah 46:20 Egypt is a very fair ...
/g/gad-fly.htm - 6k

Gad'diel (1 Occurrence)
Gad'diel. << Gaddiel, Gad'diel. Gadding >>. Multi-Version Concordance
Gad'diel (1 Occurrence). Numbers 13:10 Of the tribe ...
/g/gad'diel.htm - 6k

Ba'al-gad (3 Occurrences)
Ba'al-gad. << Baal-gad, Ba'al-gad. Baalhamon >>. Multi-Version Concordance
Ba'al-gad (3 Occurrences). Joshua 11:17 from Mount ...
/b/ba'al-gad.htm - 7k

Hor-haggid'gad (2 Occurrences)
Hor-haggid'gad. << Hor-haggidgad, Hor-haggid'gad. Horhagidgad >>.
Multi-Version Concordance Hor-haggid'gad (2 Occurrences). ...
/h/hor-haggid'gad.htm - 6k

Mig'dal-gad (1 Occurrence)
Mig'dal-gad. << Migdal-gad, Mig'dal-gad. Migdol >>. Multi-Version
Concordance Mig'dal-gad (1 Occurrence). Joshua 15:37 Zenan ...
/m/mig'dal-gad.htm - 6k

Greek

1045. Gad -- Gad, a tribe of Isr.
... << 1044, 1045. Gad. 1046 >>. Gad, a tribe of Isr. Part of Speech: Proper Noun,
Indeclinable Transliteration: Gad Phonetic Spelling: (gad ...
/greek/1045.htm - 6k

2038. ergazomai -- to search, examine.
... Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ergazomai Phonetic Spelling: (er-gad'-zom-
ahee) Short Definition: I word, trade, do Definition: I work, trade, perform, do ...
/greek/2038.htm - 8k

1047. gaza -- treasure
... treasure. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: gaza Phonetic Spelling:
(gad'-zah) Short Definition: treasure Definition: treasure, treasury. ...
/greek/1047.htm - 6k

1049. gazophulakion -- treasury
... treasury. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: gazophulakion Phonetic Spelling:
(gad-zof-oo-lak'-ee-on) Short Definition: a treasury Definition: a ...
/greek/1049.htm - 6k

826. augazo -- to shine forth
... to shine forth. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: augazo Phonetic Spelling:
(ow-gad'-zo) Short Definition: I shine forth Definition: I flash, gleam, shine ...
/greek/826.htm - 6k

1306. diaugazo -- to shine through
... to shine through. Part of Speech: Adjective; Verb Transliteration: diaugazo Phonetic
Spelling: (dee-ow-gad'-zo) Short Definition: I shine through, dawn ...
/greek/1306.htm - 6k

4020. periergazomai -- to waste one's labor about (a thing)
... to waste one's labor about (a thing). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
periergazomai Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-er-gad'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I overdo ...
/greek/4020.htm - 7k

1048. Gaza -- Gaza, a Philistine city
... Gaza, a Philistine city. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Gaza Phonetic
Spelling: (gad'-zah) Short Definition: Gaza Definition: Gaza, an old town ...
/greek/1048.htm - 6k

2905. kraugazo -- to cry out
... to cry out. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kraugazo Phonetic Spelling:
(krow-gad'-zo) Short Definition: I cry aloud, shout Definition: I cry aloud, shout ...
/greek/2905.htm - 7k

1046. Gadarenos -- of Gadara, Gadarene
... of Gadara, Gadarene. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: Gadarenos Phonetic
Spelling: (gad-ar-ay-nos') Short Definition: Gadarene, belonging to Gadara ...
/greek/1046.htm - 6k

Hitchcock's Bible Names

Gad

a band; a troop

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Gad

(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)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Gad

Prosperity, fortune,

1. Son of Jacob and Zilpah, Leah's servant, Genesis 30:11. Leah called him Gad, and said, "A troop cometh." Compare Genesis 49:19; but many Hebrew scholars prefer the rendering, good fortune or prosperity cometh. The tribe of Gad came out of Egypt in number forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty, Genesis 46:16 Numbers 1:24. After the defeat of the kings Og and Sihon, Gad and Reuben desired to have their allotment east of Jordan, alleging their great number of cattle. Moses granted their request, on condition that they should accompany their brethren, and assist in conquering the land west of Jordan, Numbers 32:1-42. The inheritance of the tribe of Gad lay between Manesseh on the north, Reuben on the south, the Jordan on the west, and the Ammonites on the east. The northwest point stretched to the Sea of Galilee. It was a fine pastoral region, though its exposure to the incursion of eastern Arabians compelled the Gadites to be well armed and on the alert, Genesis 49:19 De 33:20 1 Chronicles 5:18-22,25,26 12:8. The principal cities of Gad are called cities of Gilead, Joshua 13:25.

2. David's friend, who followed him when persecuted by Saul, and was often sent with a divine message to David, 1 Samuel 22:5 2 Samuel 24:11-19 1 Chronicles 21:9-19 2 Chronicles 29:25. Scriptures styles him a prophet, and David's seer. He appears to have written a history of David's life;

which is cited in 1 Chronicles 29:29.

3. Rendered "troops" in Isaiah 65:11, but generally supposed to be the name of a heathen god of fortune; and perhaps of the planet Jupiter, the star of good fortune. Compare Joshua 11:17 15:37. MENI in the same verse, translated "number," is supposed by some to mean destiny; by others, the planet Benus, and the goddess of good fortune.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GAD (1)

(gadh, "fortune"; Gad):

1. The Name:

The seventh son of Jacob, whose mother was Zilpah (Genesis 30:11), and whose birth was welcomed by Leah with the cry, "Fortunate!" Some have sought to connect the name with that of the heathen deity Gad, of which traces are found in Baal-gad, Migdal-gad, etc. In the blessing of Jacob (Genesis 49:19) there is a play upon the name, as if it meant "troop," or "marauding band." "Gad, a troop shall press upon him; but he shall press upon their heel" (Hebrew gadh, gedhudh, yeghudhennu, wehu yaghudh `aqebh). Here there is doubtless a reference to the high spirit and valor that characterized the descendants of Gad. The enemy who attacked them exposed himself to grave peril. In the blessing of Moses again (Deuteronomy 33:20) it is said that Gad "dwelleth as lioness, and teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head." Leonine qualities are ascribed to the Gadites, mighty men of valor, who joined David (1 Chronicles 12:8, 14). Their "faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountain." Among their captains "he that was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand."

2. The Tribe:

Of the patriarch Gad almost nothing is recorded. Seven sons went down with him into Egypt, when Jacob accepted Joseph s invitation (Genesis 46:16). At the beginning of the desert march Gad numbered 45,650 "from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war" (Numbers 1:24). In the plains of Moab the number had fallen to 40,500 (Numbers 26:18). The place of Gad was with the standard of the camp of Reuben on the South side of the tabernacle (Numbers 2:14). The prince of the tribe was Eliasaph, son of Deuel (Numbers 1:14), or Reuel (Numbers 2:14). Among the spies Gad was represented by Geuel son of Machi (Numbers 13:15).

See NUMBERS.

3. The Tribal Territory:

From time immemorial the dwellers East of the Jordan have followed the pastoral life. When Moses had completed the conquest of these lands, the spacious uplands, with their wide pastures, attracted the great flock-masters of Reuben and Gad. In response to their appeal Moses assigned them their tribal portions here: only on condition, however, that their men of war should go over with their brethren, and take their share alike in the hardship and in the glory of the conquest of Western Palestine (Numbers 32). When the victorious campaigns of Joshua were completed, the warriors of Reuben and Gad returned to their possessions in the East. They halted, however, in the Jordan valley to build the mighty altar of Ed. They feared lest the gorge of the Jordan should in time become all too effective a barrier between them and their brethren on the West. This altar should be for all time a "witness" to their unity in race and faith (Joshua 22). The building of the altar was at first misunderstood by the western tribes, but the explanation given entirely satisfied them.

4. Boundaries:

It is impossible to indicate with any certainty the boundaries of the territory of Gad. Reuben lay on the South, and the half-tribe of Manasseh on the North. These three occupied the whole of Eastern Palestine. The South border of Gad is given as the Arnon in Numbers 32:34; but six cities to the North of the Arnon are assigned in 32:16 to Reuben. Again, Joshua 13:26 makes Wady Chesban the southern boundary of Gad. Mesha, however (MS), says that the men of Gad dwelt in Ataroth from old time. This is far South of Wady Chesban. The writer of Numbers 32 may have regarded the Jabbok as the northern frontier of Gad; but Joshua 13:27 extends it to the Sea of Chinnereth, making the Jordan the western boundary. It included Rabbath-ammon in the East. We have not now the information necessary to explain this apparent confusion. There can be no doubt that, as a consequence of strifes with neighboring peoples, the boundaries were often changed (1 Chronicles 5:18 f). For the Biblical writers the center of interest was in Western Palestine, and the details given regarding the eastern tribes are very meager. We may take it, however, that, roughly, the land of Gilead fell to the tribe of Gad. In Judges 5:17 Gilead appears where we should naturally expect Gad, for which it seems to stand. The city of refuge, Ramoth in Gilead, was in the territory of Gad (Joshua 20:8). For description of the country see GILEAD.

5. History:

Reuben and Gad were absent from the muster against Sisera (Judges 5:15); but they united with their brethren in taking vengeance on Benjamin, Jabesh-gilead, from which no contingent was sent, being destroyed (20). Jephthah is probably to be reckoned to this tribe, his house, Mizpah (Judges 11:34), being apparently within its territory (Joshua 13:26). Gad furnished a refuge for some of the Hebrews during the Philistine oppression (1 Samuel 13:7). To David, while he avoided Saul at Ziklag, certain Gadites attached themselves (1 Chronicles 12:8). A company of them also joined in making him king at Hebron (1 Chronicles 12:38). In Gad the adherents of the house of Saul gathered round Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 2:8). Hither David came in his flight from Absalom (2 Samuel 17:24). Gad fell to Jeroboam at the disruption of the kingdom, and Penuel, apparently within its borders, Jeroboam fortified at first (1 Kings 12:25). It appears from the Moabite Stone that part of the territory afterward passed into the hands of Moab. Under Omri this was recovered; but Moab again asserted its supremacy. Elijah probably belonged to this district; and the brook Cherith must be sought in one of its wild secluded glens.

Gad formed the main theater of the long struggle between Israel and the Syrians. At Ramoth-gilead Ahab received his death wound (1 Kings 22). Under Jeroboam II, this country was once more an integral part of the land of Israel. In 734 B.C., however, Tiglath-pileser appeared, and conquered all Eastern Palestine, carrying its inhabitants captive (2 Kings 15:29 1 Chronicles 5:26). This seems to have furnished occasion for the children of Ammon to occupy the country (Jeremiah 49:1). In Ezekiel's ideal picture (Ezekiel 48:27, 34), a place is found for the tribe of Gad. Obadiah seems to have forgotten the tribe, and their territory is assigned to Benjamin (1:19). Gad, however, has his place among the tribes of Israel in Re 7.

W. Ewing

GAD (2)

(gadh, "fortunate"): David's seer (chozeh, 1 Chronicles 21:9; 1 Chronicles 29:29 2 Chronicles 29:25), or prophet (nabhi'; compare 1 Samuel 22:5 2 Samuel 24:11). He appears

(1) to advise David while an outlaw fleeing before Saul to return to the land of Judah (1 Samuel 22:5);

(2) to rebuke David and give him his choice of punishments when, in spite of the advice of Joab and the traditional objections (compare Exodus 30:11), he had counted the children of Israel (2 Samuel 24:11 1 Chronicles 21:9);

(3) to instruct David to erect an altar on the threshing-floor of Araunah when the plague that had descended on Israel ceased (2 Samuel 24:18 1 Chronicles 21:18); and

(4) to assist in the arrangement of Levitical music with cymbals, psalteries and harps (compare 2 Chronicles 29:25).

Of his writings none are known, though he is said to have written a history of a part of David's reign (1 Chronicles 29:29).

Ella Davis Isaacs

GAD (3)

(gadh, "fortune"): A god of Good Luck, possibly the Hyades. The writer in Isaiah 65:11 (margin) pronounces a curse against such as are lured away to idolatry. The warning here, according to Cheyne, is specifically against the Samaritans, whom with their religion the Jews held in especial abhorrence. The charge would, however, apply just as well to superstitious and semi-pagan Jews. "But ye that forsake Yahweh, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine unto Destiny; I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter." There is a play upon words here: "Fill up mingled wine unto Destiny" (meni) and "I will destine manithi, i.e. portion out) you for the sword" (Isaiah 65:11, 12). Gad and Meni mentioned here are two Syrian-deities (Cheyne, Book of the Prophet Isaiah, 198). Schurer (Gesch. d. jud. Volkes, II, 34 note, and bibliography) disputes the reference of the Greek (Tuche) cult to the Semitic Gad, tracing it rather to the Syrian "Astarte" worship. The custom was quite common among heathen peoples of spreading before the gods tables laden with food (compare Herod. i. 181, 183; Smith, Rel. of Semites, Lect X).

Nothing is known of a Babylonian deity named Gad, but there are Aramean and Arabic equivalents. The origin may have been a personification of fortune and destiny, i.e. equivalent to the Fates. The Nabatean inscriptions give, in plural, form, the name of Meni. Achimenidean coins (Persian) are thought by some to bear the name of Meni. How widely spread these Syrian cults became, may be seen in a number of ways, e.g. an altar from Vaison in Southern France bearing an inscription:

"Belus Fortunae rector, Menisque Magister."

Belus, signifying the Syrian Bel of Apamaea (Driver). Canaanitish place-names also attest the prevalence of the cult, as Baal-gad, at the foot of Hermen (Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:7; Joshua 13:5); Migdal-gad, possibly Mejdel near Askalon (Joshua 15:37); Gaddi and Gaddiel (Numbers 13:10 f). In Talmudic literature the name of Gad is frequently invoked (compare McCurdy in Jewish Encyclopedia, V, 544). Indeed the words of Leah in Genesis 30:11 may refer not to good fortune or luck but to the deity who was especially regarded as the patron god of Good Fortune (compare Kent, Student's Old Testament, I, 111). Similar beliefs were held among the Greeks and Romans, e.g. Hor. Sat. ii.8, 61:

". Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos te deus?"

Cic. N.D. iii.24, 61:

"Quo in genere vel maxime est Fortuna numeranda."

The question has also an astronomical interest. Arabic tradition styled the planet Jupiter the greater fortune, and Venus the lesser fortune. Jewish tradition identified Gad with the planet Jupiter, and it has been conjectured that Meni is to be identified with the planet Venus.

See , however, ASTROLOGY, 10.

W. N. Stearns

GAD (4)

('azal, "to go about"): Used once in Jeremiah 2:36, "Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?" of going after Egypt and Assyria.

GAD, VALLEY OF

(nachal ha-gadh; the King James Version River of Gad):

In 2 Samuel 24:5 we read that Joab and the captains of the host passed over Jordan and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the midst of the valley of Gad.

If we refer to Joshua 13:25, this might seem to indicate a valley near Rabbath-ammon. According to a generally accepted emendation suggested by Wellhausen, however, we should read, "They began from Aroer, and from the city that is in the middle of the torrent valley, toward Gad."

See AR. The valley is evidently the Arnon. W. Ewing

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Fortune; luck.

(1.) Jacob's seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and the brother of Asher (Genesis 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 (Numbers 2:14). The tribes of Reuben and Gad continued all through their history to follow the pastoral pursuits of the patriarchs (Numbers 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 (Deuteronomy 3:12), bounded on the east by the Arabian desert, on the west by the Jordan (Joshua 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 Chronicles 12:8; 5:19-22). Barzillai (2 Samuel 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 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 29:25; 1 Samuel 22:5). Many years after we find mention made of him in connection with the punishment inflicted for numbering the people (2 Samuel 24:11-19; 1 Chronicles 21:9-19). He wrote a book called the "Acts of David" (1 Chronicles 29:29), and assisted in the arrangements for the musical services of the "house of God" (2 Chronicles 29:25). He bore the title of "the king's seer" (2 Samuel 24:11, 13; 1 Chronicles 21:9).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.

2. (n.) A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc.

3. (n.) A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.

4. (n.) A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.

5. (n.) A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel.

6. (n.) A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with.

7. (n.) To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence, to run wild; to be uncontrolled.

Strong's Hebrew

4028. Migdal-gad -- "tower of Gad," a city in Judah
Migdal-gad. << 4027, 4028. Migdal-gad. 4029 >>. "tower of Gad," a city in Judah.
Transliteration: Migdal-gad Phonetic Spelling: (migdal ...
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1410. Gad -- a son of Jacob, also his tribe and its territory ...
... << 1409, 1410. Gad. 1411 >>. a son of Jacob, also his tribe and its territory, also
a prophet. Transliteration: Gad Phonetic Spelling: (gawd) Short Definition: ...
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1171. Baal Gad -- "Baal of fortune," a place near Mt. Hermon
Baal Gad. << 1170, 1171. Baal Gad. 1172 >>. "Baal of fortune," a place near
Mt. Hermon. Transliteration: Baal Gad Phonetic Spelling ...
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1408. Gad -- "fortune," a Bab. god.
... << 1407, 1408. Gad. 1409 >>. "fortune," a Bab. god. Transliteration: Gad
Phonetic Spelling: (gad) Short Definition: Fortune. Word ...
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1425. Gadi -- descendant of Gad
... descendant of Gad. Transliteration: Gadi Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-dee') Short Definition:
Gadites. Word Origin from Gad Definition desc. ... Gadites, children of Gad. ...
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1407. gad -- coriander
... << 1406, 1407. gad. 1408 >>. coriander. Transliteration: gad Phonetic Spelling:
(gad) Short Definition: coriander. ... << 1406, 1407. gad. 1408 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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1409. gad -- fortune, good fortune
... << 1408, 1409. gad. 1410 >>. fortune, good fortune. Transliteration: gad Phonetic
Spelling: (gawd) Short Definition: fortunate. ... << 1408, 1409. gad. 1410 >>. ...
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5803. Azgad -- "Gad is mighty," an Israelite name
... << 5802, 5803. Azgad. 5804 >>. "Gad is mighty," an Israelite name. Transliteration:
Azgad Phonetic Spelling: (az-gawd') Short Definition: Azgad. ...
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244a. Ozni -- "my hearing," a son of Gad
... << 244, 244a. Ozni. 244b >>. "my hearing," a son of Gad. Transliteration: Ozni
Short Definition: Ozni. Word Origin from the same as ozen ...
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6837. Tsiphyon -- perhaps "gazing," a son of Gad
... << 6836, 6837. Tsiphyon. 6838 >>. perhaps "gazing," a son of Gad. Transliteration:
Tsiphyon Phonetic Spelling: (tsif-yone') Short Definition: Ziphion. ...
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Subtopics

Gad

Gad: A Prophet to David

Gad: A Prophet to David: Assists David in Arranging the Temple Service

Gad: A Prophet to David: Bids David Build an Altar on the Threshing Floor of Ornan

Gad: A Prophet to David: Bids David Leave Adullam

Gad: A Prophet to David: Writings of

Gad: A Tribe of Israel in the Plains of Moab

Gad: A Tribe of Israel in the Reign of Jotham

Gad: A Tribe of Israel: Aid in the Conquest of the Region West of the Jordan River

Gad: A Tribe of Israel: Blessed by Moses

Gad: A Tribe of Israel: Boundaries of Territory