Gad Proper Name
Community Cluster · 6 senses · 6 lemmas
Lemmas in this domain
III. גָּד71 n.pr.m. (fortunatus? perhaps der. from foreg. divine name SiegfJPTh 1875, 364 StaGesch. i. 148; but v. also BaeRel. 159 f.)—גָּ֥ד Gn 35:26 +, as well as גָּד֑ Gn 30:11 +;— 1. son of Jacob and Zilpah; a. strictly as personal name Gn 30:11; 35:26; 46:16 Ex 1:4 cf. Gn 49:19 1 Ch 2:2. b. as name of tribe Nu 1:14 Dt 27:13; 33:20(×2) Jos 18:7 Ez 48:27, 28; cf. אֶרֶץ גָּד 1 S 13:7 v. also Je 49:1, שַׁעַר גָּד Ez 48:34, on הַנַּחַל הַגָּד 2 S 24:5 cf. We Dr; explicitly מַטֵּה גָּד Nu 1:25; 2:14; 13:15 Jos 13:24; 20:8; 21:7, 36 1 Ch 6:48, 65; once, צְבָא מַטֵּה בְנֵי־גָד Nu 10:20; בְּנֵי גָד (MI10 אש גד) Nu 1:24 + 12 times Nu; Jos 4:12 + 14 times Jos; 1 Ch 5:11; 12:14. †2. a prophet in David’s time, called נָבִיא 1 S 22:5, but הַנָּבִיא חֹזֶה דָוִד 2 S 24:11 & חֹזֵה דָוִיד ‖ 1 Ch 21:9, הַחֹזֶה 1 Ch 29:29 & חֹזֵה־הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 Ch 29:25. מִגְדַּל־גַּד v. p. 154.
† I. גָּדִי adj.gent. of גָּד 1, Gadite 2 S 23:36 (so perhaps also ‖ 1 Ch 11:38 where MT הַגְרִי q.v.; cf. Th Be Dr); elsewhere as n.pr. coll.: so 1 Ch 5:18 (only here without art., read perhaps גָּד so 𝔊), Dt 3:12, 16; 4:43; 29:7 Jos 1:12; 12:6; 13:8; 22:1 2 K 10:33 1 Ch 5:26; 12:8, 37; 26:32.
† בַּ֫עַל גַּד n.pr.loc. Jos 11:17; 12:7; 13:5 (D), where Baal was worshipped as Gad, god of fortune, a city in the בִּקְעָה of Lebanon, under Mt. Hermon; either mod. Bânid̂s, Gk. Paneas, NT Caesarea Philippi, where a grotto of Pan took the place of the ancient worship of Gad, RobBR iii. 410 TristrTpg. 271; or Ḥâsbêyâ BdPal. 297 Di; possibly = בעל חרמון cf. Thes RobBR iii. 409.
Γάδ, ὁ, indecl. (Heb. גָּד), Gad (Gen.30:11 49:13, al.): Rev.7:5.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
† II. [גַּד] 1. n.[m.] fortune, good fortune (Arabic جَدٌّ id., Aramaic גַּדָּא, ܓܰܕܳܐ )—Gn 30:11 בּגד Kt, i.e. בְּגָד (בָּא גָד֑ Qr), 𝔊 ἐν τύχῃ, by or with good fortune. 2. n.pr.m. god of fortune (Arabic جَدّ WeSkizzen iii. 171; גד named often in Ph. & Aramaic inscript., & found in Ph. & Aramaic n.pr., BaeRel 76 f. NöZMG 1888, 479; v. especially SiegfJPTh 1875, 356 ff.)—c. לְ + art. לַגַּד Is 65:11 cf. Che.
† מִגְדַּל־גַּד n.pr. (tower of Gad) stronghold in Judah Jos 15:37;—cf. Magdala, LagOnom. 139, 12, 2nd ed. 171; possibly Mejdel, eastward of Askalon, Guérin Judée ii. 130 f. cf. BdPal. 162.