Lexical Definition

‎גָּד‎ Gâd (gawd) Gad ^N:N-M-P
from ‎גּוּד‎

Gad.

• § Gad = "troop"
• Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory
• also a prophet

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"

See Greek: Γάδ

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.22.5

Brown-Driver-Briggs

III. ‎גָּד‎₇₁ proper name, masculine (fortunatus? perhaps derived from foregoing divine name Siegf^{JPTh 1875, 364} Sta^{Geschichte.i.148}; but see also Bae^{Rel 159f.}) — ‎שָגּד‎ Gen 35:26 +, as well as ‎גָּד֑‎ Gen 30:11 +; —

1. son of Jacob and Zilpah;
a. strictly as personal name Gen 30:11; Gen 35:26; Gen 46:16; Exod 1:4 compare Gen 49:19; 1Chr 2:2.
b. as name of tribe Num 1:14; Deut 27:13; Deut 33:20 (twice in verse); Josh 18:7; Ezek 48:27; Ezek 48:28 compare ‎אֶרֶץ גָּד‎ 1Sam 13:7 see also Jer 49:1, ‎שַׁעַד גָּד‎ Ezek 48:34, on ‎הַנַּחַל‎ ‎הַגָּד‎ 2Sam 24:5 compare We Dr; explicitly ‎מַטֵּה גָּד‎ Num 1:25; Num 2:14; Num 13:15; Josh 13:24; Josh 20:8; Josh 21:7; Josh 21:36; 1Chr 6:48*; 1Chr 6:65* once, ‎צְבָא מַטֵּה בְנֵיגָֿד‎ Num 10:20 ‎בְּנֵי גָד‎ (MI¹⁰ ‎אש גד‎) Num 1:24 + 12 t. Numbers; Josh 4:12 + 14 t. Joshua; 1Chr 5:11; 1Chr 12:14*.

2. a prophet in David's time, called ‎נָבִיא‎ 1Sam 22:5, but ‎הַנָּבִיא חֹזֶה דָוִד‎ 2Sam 24:11 & ‎חֹזֵה‎ ‎דָוִיד‎ || 1Chr 21:9, ‎הַחֹזֶה‎ 1Chr 29:29 & ‎חֹזֵההַֿמֶּלֶךְ‎ 2Chr 29:25.

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Profile

Male • A prophet • Prophet during the reigns of David and Solomon.

Prophet living at the time of United Monarchy

Gad was a prophet who advised King David and wrote a book of his acts.

• A prophet living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.22.5;
• only referred to as Gad גָּד.

Gad was a prophet who served during the reigns of King David and his son Solomon. He first appears in 1 Samuel 22:5, where he advises David to leave his stronghold in Moab and return to the land of Judah. Gad played a significant role in the events surrounding David's census of Israel (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). After David had sinned by taking the census, Gad was sent by God to offer David a choice of three punishments: three years of famine, three months of fleeing from enemies, or three days of plague (2 Samuel 24:11-14; 1 Chronicles 21:9-13). David chose the plague, and Gad instructed him to build an altar on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite to stop the plague (2 Samuel 24:18-19; 1 Chronicles 21:18-19). Gad is described as David's seer (2 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 21:9) and is credited with writing a book about David's acts (1 Chronicles 29:29). He was also involved in organizing the music and worship in the tabernacle (2 Chronicles 29:25). Gad's ministry as a prophet spanned the latter years of David's reign and continued into the early years of Solomon's reign.

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