Gender Masculine
Scripts גָּד(Ancient Hebrew) Γάδ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈɡæd/(English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "fortune, luck" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Gad is the first son of Jacob by Leah's slave-girl Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites. His name is explained in Genesis 30:11. Another Gad in the Old Testament is a prophet of King David.

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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g1045, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g1045.
  2. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h1410, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h1410.
Entry updated October 6, 2024