Strong's Lexicon

H1407

H1407 — גַּד

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgadnoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 313c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1407
Word:גַּד
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1413 (in the sense of cutting)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:gad
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gad
Meaning:1. coriander seed (from its furrows)
KJV Renderings:coriander.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1478

I. גַּד noun masculine coriander (Late Hebrew גִּיד, Aramaic גִּידָּא; connection with above √ dubious; see further LöwNo. 155) — זֶרַע גַּד Exod 16:31; Num 11:7, simile of manna.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גד (gahd)

Exodus 16:31

KJV: And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
EHCC: like coriander seed,

Numbers 11:7

KJV: And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.colour thereof…: Heb. eye of it as the eye of
EHCC: a8 coriander seed,
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