Gad

Old Testament Hebrew גד‎ (gad, “luck”), a son of Jacob.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡæd/
• Rhymes: -æd

Gad

1. The seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
2. One of the Israelite tribes mentioned in the Torah, descended from Gad.
3. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A surname.

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 35:22b-26::

  Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

• 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 21:38:

  And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs.

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• DAG, GDA, dag

From gad or gadać.

• IPA^(key): /ɡat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: Gad

Gad m pers or f

1. a masculine surname
2. a feminine surname

Masculine surname:

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Gad ?

1. Gad (Biblical character and tribe)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 35:22b-26

     Ahora bien, los hijos de Israel fueron doce: ²³ Los hijos de Lea : Rúben el primogénito de Jacob, y Simeón, y Leví, y Judá, é Issachâr, y Zabulón. ²⁴ Los hijos de Rachêl : José, y Benjamín. ²⁵ Y los hijos de Bilha, sierva de Rachêl : Dan, y Nephtalí. ²⁶ Y los hijos de Zilpa, sierva de Lea : Gad, y Aser. Estos fueron los hijos de Jacob, que le nacieron en Padan-aram.

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