Gad
גָּד · gad · H1410GΓάδ · Gad · G10451 other spelling“a band; a troop” Hitchcock's 186955 mentions in 11 books, most in Joshua (19)
Who he was
Gad was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, named after Gad, the seventh son of Israel (or 'Jacob') and Zilpah, Leah's maidservant (Gen.30.11; 35.26). The tribe of Gad played a significant role throughout Israel's history. During the Exodus, the tribe of Gad was counted among the Israelites (Num.1.14, 24-25) and was positioned on the south side of the tabernacle, along with the tribes of Reuben and Simeon (Numbers 2:14). The tribe of Gad, along with Reuben and half of Manasseh, settled in the region east of the Jordan River (Numbers 32; Joshua 13:24–28). They were known for their military prowess and bravery (1Ch.12.8, 14). The Gadites were among the first to help David when he was hiding from Saul (1 Chronicles 12:8–15). They also supported David during the census and the purchase of the threshing floor for the temple (2 Samuel 24:5; 1 Chronicles 21:2). The Gadites were blessed by Moses for their faithfulness and strength (Deuteronomy 33:20–21). The tribe of Gad was allotted cities and pasturelands in the region of Gilead (Joshua 13:24–28; 1Ch.6.63, 80). They, along with the other tribes east of the Jordan, built an altar as a witness to their unity with the rest of Israel (Joshua 22). The Gadites were among the first tribes to be taken into captivity by the Assyrians (1 Chronicles 5:26). In Ezekiel's vision of the restored Israel, the tribe of Gad is allotted a portion of land in the far north (Ezk.48.27-28, 34). In the book of Revelation, Gad is mentioned as one of the tribes with 12,000 sealed servants of God (Revelation 7:5).
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Family
FatherIsraelMotherZilpahSiblingsReuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, Joseph, BenjaminChildrenZiphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arod, Areli
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Every mention
55 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Genesis4 mentions
Genesis 30:11Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad.Genesis 35:26The sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.Genesis 46:16The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.Genesis 49:19“A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
Exodus1 mention
Numbers18 mentions
Numbers 1:14Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.Numbers 1:24Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out…Numbers 1:25those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.Numbers 2:14“The tribe of Gad: the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.Numbers 7:42On the sixth day, Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad,Numbers 10:20Eliasaph the son of Deuel was over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad.Numbers 13:15Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.Numbers 26:15The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;Numbers 26:18These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were counted of them, forty thousand and five hundred.Numbers 32:1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. Behold, the place was a place for livestock.Numbers 32:2Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,Numbers 32:6Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?Numbers 32:25The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.Numbers 32:29Moses said to them, “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle before Yahweh, and the land is subdued before…Numbers 32:31The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, “As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do.Numbers 32:33Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the…Numbers 32:34The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,Numbers 34:14for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers’ houses, the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers’ houses, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have…
Deuteronomy2 mentions
Joshua19 mentions
Joshua 4:12The children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them.Joshua 13:24Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according to their families.Joshua 13:28This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and its villages.Joshua 18:7However, the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the…Joshua 20:8Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of…Joshua 21:7The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun.Joshua 21:38Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,Joshua 22:9The children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the…Joshua 22:10When they came to the region near the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the…Joshua 22:11The children of Israel heard this, “Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar along the border of the land of Canaan, in the…Joshua 22:13The children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest.Joshua 22:15They came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,Joshua 22:21Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,Joshua 22:25For Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad. You have no portion in Yahweh.”’ So your children might make our children cease from…Joshua 22:30When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of…Joshua 22:31Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, “Today we know that Yahweh is among us, because you have not…Joshua 22:32Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the…Joshua 22:33The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and…Joshua 22:34The children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar “A Witness Between Us that Yahweh is God.”
2 Samuel1 mention
1 Chronicles4 mentions
1 Chronicles 2:2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.1 Chronicles 5:11The sons of Gad lived beside them in the land of Bashan to Salecah:1 Chronicles 6:63To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to 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 Chronicles 6:80and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
Ezekiel3 mentions
Ezekiel 48:27“By the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion.Ezekiel 48:28“By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook, to the great sea.Ezekiel 48:34“At the west side four thousand five hundred reeds, with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
What the dictionary says
Fortune; luck.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain