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H1408 גַּד (Gad) gad
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a variation of 1409; Fortune, a Babylonian deity

KJV Usage: that troop

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גַּד (gad) — Fortune.

§ Gad = "god of fortune" a Babylonian deity

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Plants

coriander = a plant of about 60 cm in height; its upper leaves are finely divided and its lower ones broad; it has tiny white or reddish flowers, and a strong odor; its seeds are oily, brown or gray, and about the size of small peas; ◄ Coriandrum sativum; ► its leaves and seeds used in cooking; fragrant oil from the seeds is sometimes used in making perfume and medicine; ≈ it is used to describe the appearance of manna

EXO 16:31 · NUM 11:7

name · גַּדִּיאֵל · גַּדִּי

Names of Deities

good fortune, luck = an unpredictable and uncontrollable force that shapes events favorably; ≈ it may have religious connotations, in that the force is attributed to a god of good fortune

GEN 30:11 · ISA 65:11

1 GEN 30:11 MT-K בגד | MT-Q בָּא גָד 2 ISA 65:11 There is disagreement as to whether the reference is to good fortune per se, or the name of a god: RSV NIV NRSV ESV "Fortune" NJPS "Luck" NJB "Gad" GNT "Gad ... the god of luck" CEV "Good Luck"

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[גַּד] n. [m.] fortune, good fortune

n. pr. m. god of fortune

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