Gad means "fortune, luck" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Gad is the first son of Jacob by Leah's slave-girl Zilpah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of the Israelites. His name is explained in Genesis 30:11. Another Gad in the Old Testament is a prophet of King David.
Biblical namesake: Gad was the seventh son of Jacob and the founder of the tribe of Gad, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. (Genesis · Genesis 30:9-11, Genesis 46:16)
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