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Deuteronomy 33:20
“And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
גָּדGâd · gawd
H1410 · Hebrew
H1410 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet
- Derivation
- from H1464 (גּוּד);
- KJV renderings
- Gad.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- לְ — preposition
- גָ֣ד — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 72 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 30:11Genesis 35:26Genesis 46:16Genesis 49:19Exodus 1:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read גָּד here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.