H1416 H1416
band, troop, raiding party — a detachment of men organized for warfare or plunder
Gedud describes an organized band of armed men, typically a raiding party that strikes swiftly and withdraws. Its 33 occurrences cluster in the historical books, where such bands are agents of chaos on Israel's borders. David pursues the Amalekite gedud that burned Ziklag and carried off captives (1 Sam 30:8-23), and small Aramean raiding parties carry off an Israelite girl in the Naaman narrative (2 Kgs 5:2). In 2 Kings 24:2, YHWH sends 'bands' of Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites against Judah as instruments of judgment. The wordplay in Genesis 49:19 — 'Gad, a gedud shall raid him' — puns on the tribal name. Job applies the term figuratively to God's 'troops' advancing against him (Job 19:12). French 'bande' and German 'Streifscharen' capture the sense of a mobile armed detachment.
Senses
1. band, troop, raiding party — A band of armed men assembled for raiding, plundering, or military incursion. David's pursuit of the Amalekite raiding party at Ziklag exemplifies the term (1 Sam 30:8-23). Recurring in Kings for marauding border bands (2 Kgs 5:2; 6:23; 13:20-21; 24:2). The wordplay in Gen 49:19 puns on Gad's name. Used figuratively of God's hostile 'troops' in Job 19:12 and of priestly bands committing violence in Hos 6:9. 33×
AR["الغُزاةَ","الغُزاةِ","الغُزاةِ-","الفِرْقَة","الْجُنْدِ","جَيْشًا","جُنْدًا","عَلَى-جَيْشٍ","غَزْوٌ","غَزْوَاتٍ","غُزَاةً","غُزَاةَ","فِي-جَيشٍ","لِلْجُنْدِ","ٱلْغُزَاةَ"]·ben["দল","দল-","দলকে","দলগুলি","দলটিকে","দলে","দলের","দলের-বিরুদ্ধে","সৈন্যদলে"]·DE["[בגדוד]","[גדוד]","[הגדוד]","[להגדוד]","bands","bands-von","der-band","ein-troop","eine-Schar","raiding-bands","troop"]·EN["a-troop","band","bands","bands-of","in-the-troop","raiders","raiding-bands","the-band","the-troop","to-the-troop","troop"]·FR["[גדוד]","bands","bands-de","le-bande","pillant-bands","raiders","troop","troupe","בגדוד"]·heb["ב-גדוד","גדוד","גדודי","גדודים","ה-גדוד","ה-גדוד-","ל-ה-גדוד"]·HI["गेदूदे","टुकड़ी","टुकड़ी-के","डाकुओं-के","दअकु-दल","दअकु-दल-","दल","दस्ता","फौज-पर","सेना-के","सेना-को","सेना-पर","सेना-में","हग्गदूद"]·ID["(yaitu)-pasukan","di-pasukan","gerombolan","gerombolan-","gerombolan-gerombolan","gerombolan-itu","pasukan","pasukan-pasukan"]·IT["[גדוד]","bande","bande-di","il-banda","nel-in-the-troop","raiders","raiding-bande","troop","truppa"]·jav["dadakan;","gerombolan","ing-wadyabala","kanggé-pasukan","pasukan","pasukan-","pasukan-pasukan","rombongan","rombongan-gerombolan"]·KO["군대-를","군대-속에서","군대에게","그-떼","그-떼-","그-떼를","그-부대","그-부대의","떼들을","떼를","떼이다","부대의","에게-그-부대","트들-로"]·PT["a-tropa","bando","bandos","bandos-de","no-exército","o-bando","o-bando-","tropa"]·RU["в-войске","отряд","отряда","отрядами","отрядов","отряду","отряды","полчище","полчищем-","полчищу"]·ES["a-la-tropa","bandas","bandas-de","en-bandas","en-ejército","la-banda","la-banda-","la-tropa","tropa"]·SW["jeshi","jeshi-lile","katika-jeshi","kikosi","kikundi-cha-washambuliaji","kundi-la-wavamizi","kundi-likuja","vikosi","vikundi","vikundi-vya-"]·TR["birlikler","birliklerin","birliği","birliği-","birliğin","grup-o","orduda","orduya","çete","çetelerini","çetenin","çetenin-","çeteyi"]·urd["جتھے","جتھے-","دستوں-کے","دستے","دستے-کے","فوج-پر","لشکر","لشکر-میں","لشکر-پر","لُٹیروں-کے-گروہ","لُٹیروں-کے-گروہوں","ٹولی-کے","ٹولی-کے-لیے","چھاپوں-میں"]
Gen 49:19, 1 Sam 30:8, 1 Sam 30:15, 1 Sam 30:15, 1 Sam 30:23, 2 Sam 3:22, 2 Sam 4:2, 2 Sam 22:30, 1 Kgs 11:24, 2 Kgs 5:2, 2 Kgs 6:23, 2 Kgs 13:20 (+21 more)
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
I. גְּדוּד n.m. Gn 49:19 band, troop (as making inroads; others, as a division, detachment (as severed), but this usually later in Heb.)—ג׳ abs. 1 S 30:8 + 19 times; cstr. 2 Ch 25:9; pl. גְּדוּדִים 2 S 4:2 + 2 times; cstr. גְּדוּדֵי 2 K 6:23 + 6 times; sf. גְּדוּדָיו Jb 19:12; 25:3;— 1. marauding band (making incursions, inroads, cf. גדד) 1 S 30:8, 15(×2), 23 cf. 1 Ch 12:22, also 2 Ch 22:1 1 K…