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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 30:11

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Numbers 32:2
The children of gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 32:2 · retained source text

The children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, came and spake vnto Moses, and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the Princes of the Congregation, saying,

Numbers 32:6
¶ And Moses said unto the children of gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 32:6 · retained source text

¶ And Moses said vnto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren goe to warre, and shall ye sit here?

Numbers 32:25
And the children of gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 32:25 · retained source text

And the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben spake vnto Moses, saying, Thy seruants will doe as my lord commandeth.

Numbers 32:29
And Moses said unto them, If the children of gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 32:29 · retained source text

And Moses said vnto them, If the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben will passe with you ouer Iordane, euery man armed to battell before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you, then ye shall giue them the land of Gilead for a possession:

Numbers 32:31
And the children of gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 32:31 · retained source text

And the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said vnto thy seruants, so will we doe.

Numbers 32:33
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 32:33 · retained source text

And Moses gaue vnto them, euen to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben; and vnto halfe the tribe of Manasseh the sonne of Ioseph, the kingdome of Sihon King of the Amorites, and the kingdome of Og King of Bashan, the land with the cities thereof, in the coastes, euen the cities of the countrey round about.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 3.12. iosh. 13.8. and 22.4.

Numbers 32:34
¶ And the children of gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 32:34 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

Numbers 33:45
And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 33:45 · retained source text

And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon Gad.

Numbers 33:46
And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 33:46 · retained source text

And they remoued from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon-Diblathaim.

Numbers 34:14
For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 34:14 · retained source text

For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, according to the house of their fathers, haue receiued their inheritance, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh haue receiued their inheritance.

1611 marginal noteChap. 32.33. iosh. 14.2,3.

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

Genesis 30:11

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