Strong's Lexicon

H1409

H1409 — גָּד

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

Hebrewgadnoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 313d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1409
Word:	גָּד
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H1464 (in the sense of distributing)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	gad
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	gawd
Meaning:	1. fortune
KJV Renderings:	troop.

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BDB1479

II. [גַּד]

1. noun [masculine] fortune, good fortune (Arabic [untranscribed source text 805] id., Aramaic גַּדָּא, [untranscribed source text 806]) — Gen 30:11 בּגד Kt , i.e. בְּגָד (בָּא גָד֑ Qr ), ᵐ5 ἐν τύχῃ, by or with good fortune.

2. proper name, masculine god of fortune (Arabic [untranscribed source text 807] We^{Skizzen iii. 171}; גד named often in Phoenician & Aramaic inscriptions, & found in Phoenician & Aramaic proper name, Bae^{Rel 76 f.} Nö^{ZMG 1888, 479}; see especially Siegf^{JPTh 1875, 356 ff.}) — with לְ + article לַגַּד Isa 65:11 compare Che.

Other Resources

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