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Gad

Meaning of “Gad”

Sense 1: The name of Jacob's son by Zilpah, and by extension the tribe descended from him, its people, and its allotted territory. Sense 2: The name of David's prophet and seer. Sense 3: An element in the place names Dibon-gad, Baal-gad, and Migdal-gad.

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78 occurrences75 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 30:11

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Genesis 30:11
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name gad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 30:11 · retained source text

And Leah said, A troupe commeth: and she called his name Gad.

1611 marginal noteThat is, A troupe, or company.

Genesis 35:26
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 35:26 · retained source text

And the sonnes of Zilpah, Leahs handmaid: Gad, and Asher. These are the sonnes of Iacob, which were borne to him in Padan Aram.

Genesis 46:16
¶ And the sons of gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 46:16 · retained source text

¶ And the sonnes of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

Genesis 49:19
gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 49:19 · retained source text

¶ Gad, a troupe shall ouercome him: but he shall ouercome at the last.

Exodus 1:4
Dan, and Naphtali, gad, and Asher.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 1:4 · retained source text

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Numbers 1:14
Of gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:14 · retained source text

Of Gad: Eliasaph, the sonne of Deuel.

Numbers 1:24
¶ Of the children of gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:24 · retained source text

¶ Of the children of Gad by their generations, after their families by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty yeeres old and vpward, all that were able to goe foorth to warre:

Numbers 1:25
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:25 · retained source text

Those that were numbred of them, euen of the tribe of Gad, were fourty and fiue thousand, sixe hundred and fiftie.

Numbers 2:14
Then the tribe of gad: and the captain of the sons of gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 2:14 · retained source text

Then the tribe of Gad: and the captaine of the sonnes of Gad shall be Eliasaph the sonne of Reuel.

Numbers 7:42
¶ On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of gad, offered:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 7:42 · retained source text

¶ On the sixt day, Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel, Prince of the children of Gad, offered:

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Genesis 30:11

And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.