גָּדGâd

proper name, masculine: fortunatus

Pronunciation: gawd · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1410

Meanings

1. son of Jacob and Zilpah

2. a prophet in David's time (1 Samuel 22:5; 2 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 21:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 72 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 30:11 Leah named him Gad, for she said, “How fortunate I am!”
  • Genesis 35:26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s servant, were Gad and Asher. These are the names of the sons who were born to Jacob at Paddan-aram.
  • Genesis 46:16 The sons of Gad were Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
  • Genesis 49:19 “Gad will be attacked by marauding bands, but he will attack them when they retreat.
  • Exodus 1:4 Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
  • Numbers 1:14 Gad Eliasaph son of Deuel
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).