Strong's Hebrew · H1416
H1416 gᵉdûwd
גְּדוּד
ghed-ood'
band
Looking for Greek G1416 dýnō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H1416. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
gᵉdûwd appears 33 times in Scripture, including Genesis 49:19 and 1 Samuel 30:8. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a crowd (especially of soldiers)
In the King James Version
army, band (of men), company, troop (of robbers).
Derivation
from H1413 (גָּדַד);
Appears 33 times in Scripture
“and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.”
“Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,”
“And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.”
“But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.”
““Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.””
“For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall.”
“and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.””
“Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, because David had sent him on his way in peace.”
“Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
