(Hebrew: fortune, luck)
- Patriarch, seventh son of Jacob (Genesis 35).
- 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).
- 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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