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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
Gad
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(Hebrew: fortune, luck)
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Patriarch, seventh son of Jacob (Genesis 35).
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Tribe of Israel dwelling east of the Jordan, between Manasses on the north and Ruben on the south. They were a war-like race whose valor is highly praised in the parting blessing of Moses (Deuteronomy 33), and in the prophecy of Jacob (Genesis 49).
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Hebrew prophet (1 Kings 22), contemporary of King David.
- Pagan divinity (Isaiah 65:11, where the Hebrew Gad is rendered "fortune").
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Entry for 'Gad'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/g/gad.html. 1910.
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