Gad

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גָּד (gad), a son of Jacob.

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡæd/

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• Rhymes: -æd

Gad

2. (biblical) The seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
3. One of the Israelite tribes mentioned in the Torah, descended from Gad.
4. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 2025 March 5, Zachary B. Wolf, “Elon Musk wants to save Western civilization from empathy”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “We’ve got civilizational suicidal empathy going on,” Musk said, borrowing the term from Gad Saad, a Canadian scholar who is also a frequent Rogan host.

5. 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.

• Gadite

• Gad (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gad (name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• DAG, GDA, dag

Derived from English God.

• IPA^(key): /ɡad/

Gad

1. (religion) God
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 5:34:

     Bot a dis mi a tel unu se, unu no fi swier at aal at aal. No bada swier an kaal pan evn fi shuo se wa unu a se a chuu, kaaz a evn Gad tan an ruul fram.

     But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

• Gad on the Jamaican Creole Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^jam
• Gad at JamaicanPatwah.com

From gad or gadać.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: Gad
• Homophone: gad

Gad m pers

1. a male surname

Gad f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• “Gad”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡad/ [ˈɡað̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: Gad

Gad m

1. Gad (Biblical character and tribe)
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), 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.

     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 Padanaram.

     (KJV)

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