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עַזְגָּד

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Azgad

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.12 § Azgad = "Gad is mighty" 1) ancestor of a family of laymen who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 2) a man who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

עַזְגָּד proper name, masculine Ασγαδ, Αζγαδ (Gad is mighty; GrayProp. N. 145); —

1. a. head of family returning with Zerubbabel Ezra 2:12 = Neh 7:17.
  b. returning with Ezra Ezra 8:12.
2. one of those sealed Neh 10:16.


3 occurrences

Ezra (2), Nehemiah (1)