גְּדוּד gedud

Hebrew word for “band” · Strong’s H1416 · used 33 times in 29 verses

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Meaning

1) a band, troop, marauding band; 1a) marauding band, raiding band; 1b) troop, band (of divisions of army); 1c) foray, raid

How it is translated

Glosses given for gedud in context, with how often each is used:

• marauding band 13
• marauding bands 10
• troops 7
• raid 1
• troop 1
• among the troops 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 30 (3), 2 Chronicles 25 (3), 2 Kings 13 (2), 1 Chronicles 12 (2), Genesis 49 (1), 2 Samuel 3 (1), 2 Samuel 4 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), 1 Kings 11 (1), 2 Kings 5 (1)

Forms

• הגדוד 9
• גדוד 7
• גדודי 6
• גדודים 3
• לגדוד 2
• מהגדוד 1
• וגדודי 1
• להגדוד 1
• גדודיו 1
• לגדודיו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gedud more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָּוִד david “David” 7
• אֲמַצְיָהוּ amatsyah “Amaziah” 3
• שׁוּר shur “wall” 2
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 6
• דָּלַג dalag “to leap” 2
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 4
• אֲרָם aram “Syria” 3
• ךָּ ka “you” 4
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 4
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 3
• עִם im “with” 4
• פָּשַׁט pashat “to strip” 2

Key verses

The verses using gedud that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 30:8 — And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake…
• 2 Kings 13:21 — And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man…
• 2 Kings 24:2 — And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them…
• 1 Chronicles 12:18 — Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto…
• 2 Chronicles 22:1 — And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the…
• Job 25:3 — Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
• Job 29:25 — I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
• Psalms 18:29 — For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
• Jeremiah 18:22 — Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
• Hosea 6:9 — And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
• Hosea 7:1 — When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh…
• Micah 5:1 — Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.