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Azgad; name of a family head among the returning exiles and a covenant signatory
Azgad (meaning "Gad is mighty") is a personal and family name in the post-exilic period. The "sons of Azgad" returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:12//Nehemiah 7:17) and with Ezra (Ezra 8:12). An Azgad also appears among those who sealed Nehemiah's covenant (Nehemiah 10:15, English v. 16). The name reflects theophoric elements common in Israelite nomenclature, invoking the divine name Gad.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — A personal and family name meaning "Gad is mighty." The family of Azgad appears in parallel return lists (Ezra 2:12//Nehemiah 7:17) and among Ezra's returnees (Ezra 8:12). An Azgad sealed the covenant in Nehemiah 10:15. Transliterations are uniform: Azgad/Azgad, with some bracketing [עזגד]. Greek versions render as Ασγαδ or Αζγαδ. The name's theophoric structure (deity + epithet) is typical of Hebrew personal names, and its recurrence across Ezra-Nehemiah indicates a significant family in the restoration community. 4×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Names of Persons and Places › Personal Names
AR["عَزْجاد", "عَزْجادَ", "عَزْجادُ", "عَزْجَادَ"]·ben["অসগদ", "অসগদের", "অস্‌গদের", "আসগদের"]·DE["[עזגד]"]·EN["Azgad"]·FR["[עזגד]"]·heb["עזגד"]·HI["अज़्गाद-के", "अज्गाद", "अज्गाद-के"]·ID["Azgad"]·IT["Azgad"]·jav["Azgad"]·KO["아스갓", "아즈가드", "아즈가드의"]·PT["Azgad"]·RU["Азгад", "Азгада"]·ES["Azgad"]·SW["Azgadi", "wa-Azgadi"]·TR["Azgad", "Azgad'ın", "Azgadin"]·urd["عزجاد", "عزجد", "عزجد-کے"]
Ezra 2:12, Ezra 8:12, Neh 7:17, Neh 10:15
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עַזְגָּד n.pr.m. Ασγαδ, Αζγαδ (Gad is mighty; GrayProp. N. 145);— 1. a. head of family returning with Zerub. Ezr 2:12 = Ne 7:17. b. returning with Ezra Ezr 8:12. 2. one of those sealed Ne 10:16.