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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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1 Chronicles 6:63
Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 6:63 · retained source text

Unto the sonnes of Merari were giuen by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelue cities.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 21.7,34.

1 Chronicles 6:80
And out of the tribe of gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 6:80 · retained source text

And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

1 Chronicles 12:14
These were of the sons of gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 12:14 · retained source text

These were of the sonnes of Gad, captaines of the hoste: one of the least was ouer an hundred, and the greatest, ouer a thousand.

1611 marginal noteOr, one that was least could resist an hundred, and the greatest a thousand.

1 Chronicles 21:9
¶ And the Lord spake unto gad, David’s seer, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 21:9 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD spake vnto Gad, Dauids Seer, saying,

1 Chronicles 21:11
So gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 21:11 · retained source text

So Gad came to Dauid, and said vnto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee

1611 marginal noteHebr. take to thee.

1 Chronicles 21:13
And David said unto gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 21:13 · retained source text

And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am in a great strait. Let mee fall now into the hand of the LORD (for very great are his mercies,) but let me not fall into the hand of man.

1611 marginal noteOr, many.

1 Chronicles 21:18
¶ Then the angel of the Lord commanded gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 21:18 · retained source text

¶ Then the Angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to Dauid, that Dauid should goe vp and set vp an Altar vnto the LORD, in the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 3.1.

1 Chronicles 21:19
And David went up at the saying of gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 21:19 · retained source text

And Dauid went vp at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the Name of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 29:29
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of gad the seer,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 29:29 · retained source text

Now the acts of Dauid the King first and last, behold, they are written in the booke of Samuel the Seer, and in the booke of Nathan the Prophet, and in the booke of Gad the Seer,

1611 marginal noteOr, historie.

1611 marginal noteHebr. words.

2 Chronicles 29:25
And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 29:25 · retained source text

And hee set the Leuites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harpes, according to the commandement of Dauid, and of Gad the kings Seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandement of the LORD by his prophets.

1611 marginal noteHeb. by the hand of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. by the hand of.

1611 marginal note1.Chro. 16.4. and 25.6.

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

Genesis 30:11

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