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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - גָּד
גָּד
H1410
Transliteration: Gâd
Pronunciation: gawd
Definition: Gad
Original: גּד Transliteration: gâd Phonetic: gawd
BDB Definition:
Gad = "troop"- seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and full brother of Asher.
- the tribe descended from Gad
- 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"