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גָּד

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Gad

A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.11; son of: Israel (H3478) and Zilpah (H2153); brother of: Asher (H0836); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); father of: Ziphion (H6837), Haggi (H2291), Shuni (H7764), Ezbon (H0675), Eri (H6179), Arod (H0720) and Areli (H0692) § Gad = "troop" 1) seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and full brother of Asher. 2) the tribe descended from Gad 3) a prophet during the time of David; appears to have joined David when in the hold; reappears in connection with the punishment for taking a census; also assisted in the arrangements for the musical service of the "house of God"

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

III. גָּד71 proper name, masculine (fortunatus? perhaps derived from foregoing divine name SiegfJPTh 1875, 364 StaGeschichte.i.148; but see also BaeRel 159f.) — שָגּד Gen 35:26 +, as well as גָּד֑ Gen 30:11 +; —

1. son of Jacob and Zilpah;
  a. strictly as personal name Gen 30:11; Gen 35:26; Gen 46:16; Exod 1:4 compare Gen 49:19; 1Chr 2:2.
  b. as name of tribe Num 1:14; Deut 27:13; Deut 33:20 (twice in verse); Josh 18:7; Ezek 48:27; Ezek 48:28 compare אֶרֶץ גָּד 1Sam 13:7 see also Jer 49:1, שַׁעַד גָּד Ezek 48:34, on הַנַּחַל הַגָּד 2Sam 24:5 compare We Dr; explicitly מַטֵּה גָּד Num 1:25; Num 2:14; Num 13:15; Josh 13:24; Josh 20:8; Josh 21:7; Josh 21:36; 1Chr 6:48; 1Chr 6:65 once, צְבָא מַטֵּה בְנֵיגָֿד Num 10:20 בְּנֵי גָד (MI10 אש גד) Num 1:24 + 12 t. Numbers; Josh 4:12 + 14 t. Joshua; 1Chr 5:11; 1Chr 12:14.
2. a prophet in David's time, called נָבִיא 1Sam 22:5, but הַנָּבִיא חֹזֶה דָוִד 2Sam 24:11 & חֹזֵה דָוִיד || 1Chr 21:9, הַחֹזֶה 1Chr 29:29 & חֹזֵההַֿמֶּלֶךְ 2Chr 29:25.

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Genesis (3), Exodus (1), Numbers (17), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (19), I Samuel (1), II Samuel (1), I Chronicles (2), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (3)