Lia perceiving that she had left of bearing, gave Zelpha, her handmaid, to her husband. And when she had conceived, and brought forth a son, she said: Happily. And therefore called his name Gad.
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Gad
//ɡæd//
Synonyms for "gad" (93 found)
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30 translations across 16 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Γάδ name (seventh son of Jacob)
Bulgarian
4 entries- острие noun (A sharp-pointed object; a goad)
- шип noun (A sharp-pointed object; a goad)
- скитам се verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
- шляя се verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᏗ name (seventh son of Jacob)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 迦得 name (seventh son of Jacob)
Czech
4 entries- Gád name (seventh son of Jacob)
- chodit za zábavou verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
- toulat se verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
- vyrážet za zábavou verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
Dutch
1 entries- rondzwerven verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
Galician
1 entries- vagar verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
Georgian
2 entries- წანწალი verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
- ხეტიალი verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
Gujarati
1 entries- ગાદ name (seventh son of Jacob)
Hebrew
2 entries- גד name (seventh son of Jacob)
- גד name (male given name)
Kazakh
1 entries- Ғад name (seventh son of Jacob)
Limburgish
1 entries- jatse verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
Māori
2 entries- kaihanu verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
- tihoi verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
Russian
3 entries- Гад name (seventh son of Jacob)
- слоня́ться verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
- шля́ться verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
Spanish
1 entries- Gad name (seventh son of Jacob)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вештатися verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
- тинятися verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
- швендяти verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
- шлятися verb (to move about at random with seemingly little purpose)
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32 total sentences available.
"Oh, Eliza, young folks must have some amusement," protested Catherine. "I don't see the necessity. We didn't gad about to halls and places when we were young, Catherine Andrews. This world is getting worse every day."
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Gad, being girded, shall fight before him: and he himself shall be girded backward.
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These are the names of the children of Israel, that went into Egypt with Jacob: they went in every man with his household: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zabulon, and Benjamin, Dan, and Nephthali, Gad and Asher.
Source: tatoeba (7959635)
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