gad · Gad

What it means

gad (גָּד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Gad”.

(1) a son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the tribe that came from him with its land; (2) the prophet who was with David. The name means "good fortune".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×4
• Exodus×1
• Numbers×20
• Deuteronomy×3
• Joshua×20
• 1 Samuel×2
• 2 Samuel×6
• 1 Chronicles×11
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×3

• Genesis 30:11

  Leah said, “What good fortune!” And she called his name Gad.

• Genesis 35:26

  The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s slave woman: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

• Genesis 46:16

  The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.

• Genesis 49:19

  Gad, raiders will raid him, but he will raid at their heels.

• Exodus 1:4

  Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

• Numbers 1:14

  from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

• Numbers 1:24

  Of the sons of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, everyone who went out to the army:

• Numbers 1:25

  those of them counted from the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

• Numbers 2:14

  And the tribe of Gad; and the chief of the sons of Gad is Eliasaph son of Reuel,

• Numbers 7:42

  On the sixth day, the chief of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel:

• Numbers 10:20

  And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph son of Deuel.

• Numbers 13:15

  of the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi.

• Numbers 26:15

  The sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

• Numbers 26:18

  These are the families of the sons of Gad, according to those of them counted: forty thousand five hundred.

• Numbers 32:1

  The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had much livestock, very numerous; and they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and look, the place was a place for livestock.

• Numbers 32:2

  The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the community, saying,

• Numbers 32:6

  Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war while you sit here?

• Numbers 32:25

  The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.

• Numbers 32:29

  Moses said to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben cross with you the Jordan, every armed man for the war before YHWH, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

• Numbers 32:31

  The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, “What YHWH has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

• Numbers 32:33

  Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to the half tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within their borders, the cities of the land all around.

• Numbers 32:34

  The sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

• Numbers 33:45

  They set out from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad.

• Numbers 33:46

  They set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.

• Deuteronomy 27:13

  And these shall stand for the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, and Asher and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

• Deuteronomy 33:20

  And of Gad he said, “Blessed be he who enlarges Gad. Like a lioness he dwells, and he tears the arm and also the crown of the head.

• Joshua 4:12

  The sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed in battle formation before the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them.

• Joshua 13:24

  And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad, according to their families.

• Joshua 13:28

  This is the inheritance of the sons of Gad according to their families: the cities and their villages.

• Joshua 18:7

  For the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of YHWH is their inheritance; and Gad, Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan to the east, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave them.”

• Joshua 20:8

  And beyond the Jordan at Jericho, to the east, they gave Bezer in the wilderness, on the plateau, from the tribe of Reuben; and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

• Joshua 21:7

  The sons of Merari according to their families received twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.

• Joshua 21:38

  And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, and Mahanaim with its pasturelands,

• Joshua 22:9

  So the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh returned and went away from the sons of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they had taken possession of according to the command of YHWH through Moses.

• Joshua 22:10

  And they came to the regions of the Jordan that are in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to be seen.

• Joshua 22:11

  And the sons of Israel heard it said, “Look, the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh have built the altar in front of the land of Canaan, in the regions of the Jordan, on the side of the sons of Israel.”

• Joshua 22:13

  And the sons of Israel sent to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest,

• Joshua 22:15

  And they came to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,

• Joshua 22:21

  Then the sons of Reuben, the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel:

• Joshua 22:25

  YHWH has made the Jordan a border between us and you, sons of Reuben and sons of Gad; you have no portion in YHWH.” And so your sons would stop our sons from fearing YHWH.’

And 32 more times.