Lexical Definition

‎עַזְגָּד‎ ʻAzgâd (az-gawd') Azgad ^N:N-M-P
from ‎עַז‎ and ‎גָּד‎; stern troop

Azgad.

• § Azgad = "Gad is mighty"
• Azgad, an Israelite

1) ancestor of a family of laymen who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
2) a man who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עַזְגָּד‎ proper name, masculine Ασγαδ, Αζγαδ (Gad is mighty; Gray^{Prop. N. 145}); —

1. a. head of family returning with Zerubbabel Ezra 2:12 = Neh 7:17.
b. returning with Ezra Ezra 8:12.

2. one of those sealed Neh 10:16*.

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