Hebrew word · H1425

גָּדִי

velagadi

Gad

Appears 16 times in 16 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

Spomeone from 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)

Another name of gad (גָּד "Gad" H1410G)

§ Gadite = "an invader: a troop: fortune"

one of the tribe descended from Gad

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Numbers · 1
  1. Numbers 34:14 הַגָּדִ֖י the Gadite[s]

    For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.

Deuteronomy · 4
  1. Deuteronomy 3:12 וְלַגָּדִֽי׃ and to the Gadite[s]

    So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.

    Here: Same collective use: the tribe of Gad as one unit. Reuben and Gad are paired, as in Numbers 32.

  2. Deuteronomy 3:16 וְלַגָּדִ֜י and to the Gadite[s]

    and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.

  3. Deuteronomy 4:43 לַגָּדִ֔י for the Gadite[s]

    Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.

  4. Deuteronomy 29:8 וְלַגָּדִ֑י and to the Gadite[s]

    We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua · 4
  1. Joshua 1:12 וְלַגָּדִ֔י and to the Gadite[s]

    But to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

  2. Joshua 12:6 וְלַגָּדִ֔י and to the Gadite[s]

    Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

    Here: "And to the Gadite", again singular for the whole tribe of Gad. Reuben and Gad were the herding tribes that asked for this grazing land (Num 32:1–5).

  3. Joshua 13:8 וְהַגָּדִ֔י and the Gadite[s]

    The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:

  4. Joshua 22:1 וְלַגָּדִ֑י and <to> the Gadite[s]

    Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

    Here: 'And to the Gadite', also a singular standing for the whole tribe of Gad, which shared the Transjordan highlands with Reuben.

2 Samuel · 1
  1. 2 Samuel 23:36 הַגָּדִֽי׃ ס the Gadite

    Igal son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

2 Kings · 1
  1. 2 Kings 10:33 הַגָּדִ֥י the Gadite[s]

    from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.

1 Chronicles · 5
  1. 1 Chronicles 5:18 וְגָדִ֜י and [the] Gadite[s]

    The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.

  2. 1 Chronicles 5:26 וְלַגָּדִ֔י and to the Gadite[s]

    So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.

    Here: 'And the Gadite': the tribe of Gad, settled in Gilead east of the Jordan.

  3. 1 Chronicles 12:8 הַגָּדִ֡י the Gadite[s]

    Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

    Here: Singular with 'the', used as a collective: 'the Gadites'. Gad was an Israelite tribe settled east of the Jordan in Gilead.

  4. 1 Chronicles 12:37 וְהַגָּדִ֜י and the Gadite[s]

    And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.

  5. 1 Chronicles 26:32 וְהַגָּדִי֙ and the Gadite[s]

    Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.

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