גָּד

gadGad
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man72 occurrences11 books69 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
  • Gad: Prophet during the reigns of David and Solomon
  • Gad: Israelite tribe; descended from Gad, son of Jacob

Definition

from H1464; Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet
Traditional renderings: Gad.

Glossary entries

Gad (Person)

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

72 total
  1. 2 Samuel 24:5הַגָּ֖ד · and proceeded toward Gad
    They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
  2. 2 Samuel 24:11גָּ֣ד · Gad
    When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
  3. 2 Samuel 24:13גָ֥ד · So Gad
    So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
  4. 2 Samuel 24:14גָּ֖ד · Gad
    David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
  5. 2 Samuel 24:18גָ֥ד · Gad
    And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
  6. 2 Samuel 24:19גָּ֔ד · of Gad
    So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
  7. 1 Chronicles 2:2גָּ֥ד · Gad
    Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
  8. 1 Chronicles 5:11גָ֣ד · of Gad
    The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:
  9. 1 Chronicles 6:63גָ֞ד · Gad
    The Merarites, according to their clans, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
  10. 1 Chronicles 6:80גָ֔ד · of Gad
    And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
  11. These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.
  12. 1 Chronicles 21:9גָּ֔ד · Gad
    And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
  13. 1 Chronicles 21:11גָ֖ד · So Gad
    So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
  14. 1 Chronicles 21:13גָּ֖ד · Gad
    David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
  15. 1 Chronicles 21:18גָּ֖ד · Gad
    Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  16. 1 Chronicles 21:19גָּ֔ד · that Gad
    So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.
  17. 1 Chronicles 29:29גָּ֥ד · of Gad
    Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
  18. 2 Chronicles 29:25וְגָ֥ד · of Gad
    Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
  19. Jeremiah 49:1גָּ֔ד · of Gad
    Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
  20. Ezekiel 48:27גָּ֥ד · [And] Gad
    And Gad will have one portion bordering the territory of Zebulun from east to west.
  21. Ezekiel 48:28גָּ֔ד · of Gad
    The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.
  22. Ezekiel 48:34גָּ֞ד · of Gad
    And on the west side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, there will be three gates: the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.