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Strong's H1410 גָּד (gad)

Gad - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1410 — dynamai (“be able”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1410
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 70
Books 11

Strong's H1410 Quick Answer

Strong's H1410 גָּד (Gad) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Gad (gawd) n/p. 1. Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory 2. also a prophet It has 70 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include gad. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Gad (gawd) n/p. 1. Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory 2. also a prophet
Usage
70 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
gad

Meaning and Definition

Gad (gawd) n/p. 1. Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory 2. also a prophet [from H1464] KJV: Gad. Root(s): H1464

Original Word
גָּד
Transliteration
Gad
Derivation
Root: גוד First root strongs: 1464
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1410. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Gad

Usage: A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.30.11; son of: Israel (H3478) and Zilpah (H2153); brother of: Asher (H0836); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144);

father of: Ziphion (H6837), Haggi (H2291), Shuni (H7764), Ezbon (H0675), Eri (H6179), Arod (H0720) and Areli (H0692) § Gad = "troop" 1) seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and full brother of Asher. 2) the tribe descended from Gad 3) a prophet during the time of David; appears to have joined David when in the hold; reappears in connection with the punishment for taking a census; also assisted in the arrangements for the musical service of the "house of God"

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How Strong's H1410 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Gad, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Gad Genesis 30:11 68×

How Strong's H1410 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 70 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1410 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1410 in the Old Testament

70 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 30:11 KJV

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

Genesis 35:26 KJV

And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

Genesis 46:16 KJV

And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

Usage Excerpts

First 70 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1410.

Genesis 30:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Genesis 35:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
Genesis 46:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
Genesis 49:19 Old Testament, KJV
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
Exodus 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Numbers 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Numbers 1:24 Old Testament, KJV
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;
Numbers 1:25 Old Testament, KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
Numbers 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
Numbers 7:42 Old Testament, KJV
On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:
Numbers 10:20 Old Testament, KJV
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Numbers 13:15 Old Testament, KJV
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
Numbers 26:15 Old Testament, KJV
The children 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 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 32:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
Numbers 32:2 Old Testament, KJV
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,
Numbers 32:6 Old Testament, KJV
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?
Numbers 32:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
Numbers 32:29 Old Testament, KJV
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:
Numbers 32:31 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
Numbers 32:33 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Numbers 32:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
Numbers 33:45 Old Testament, KJV
And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.
Numbers 33:46 Old Testament, KJV
And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim.
Numbers 34:14 Old Testament, KJV
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:
Deuteronomy 27:13 Old Testament, KJV
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Deuteronomy 33:20 Old Testament, KJV
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
Joshua 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
Joshua 13:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.
Joshua 13:28 Old Testament, KJV
This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.
Joshua 18:7 Old Testament, KJV
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
Joshua 20:8 Old Testament, KJV
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
Joshua 21:38 Old Testament, KJV
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Joshua 22:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the 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 unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Joshua 22:10 Old Testament, KJV
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
Joshua 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
Joshua 22:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel sent unto 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 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
Joshua 22:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
Joshua 22:25 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
Joshua 22:30 Old Testament, KJV
And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
Joshua 22:31 Old Testament, KJV
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
Joshua 22:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Phinehas 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, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
Joshua 22:33 Old Testament, KJV
And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
Joshua 22:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
1 Samuel 13:7 Old Testament, KJV
And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
1 Samuel 22:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
2 Samuel 24:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
2 Samuel 24:11 Old Testament, KJV
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
2 Samuel 24:13 Old Testament, KJV
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
2 Samuel 24:14 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
2 Samuel 24:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
2 Samuel 24:19 Old Testament, KJV
And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
1 Chronicles 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
1 Chronicles 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah:
1 Chronicles 6:63 Old Testament, KJV
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 Chronicles 6:80 Old Testament, KJV
And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
1 Chronicles 12:14 Old Testament, KJV
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 Chronicles 21:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
1 Chronicles 21:11 Old Testament, KJV
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
1 Chronicles 21:13 Old Testament, KJV
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 Chronicles 21:18 Old Testament, KJV
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 Chronicles 21:19 Old Testament, KJV
And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 29:29 Old Testament, KJV
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,
2 Chronicles 29:25 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 49:1 Old Testament, KJV
Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
Ezekiel 48:27 Old Testament, KJV
And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion.
Ezekiel 48:28 Old Testament, KJV
And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
Ezekiel 48:34 Old Testament, KJV
At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1410, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 20 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 19 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 6 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 11 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H1410 FAQ

What does gad (גָּד) mean?

Gad (Strong's H1410) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Gad". Gad (gawd) n/p. 1. Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory 2. also a prophet

How many times is gad (גָּד) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 70 linked usages for Strong's H1410 across 11 books.

Where can I study gad (גָּד) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1410 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate gad (גָּד)?

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