גּוּד
gûwd · H1464 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to raid, to attack
To set upon with force and weapons
ExamplesGenesis 49:19 “As for Gad, a band of raiders shall attack him, But he will attack at their heels.
Habakkuk 3:16 I heard, and my inner parts trembled; At the sound, my lips quivered. Decay enters my bones, And in my place I tremble; Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, For the people to arise who will attack us.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- גְּדוּדband of raiders 1
- הוּאhe, she, it 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- וֹhim 2
- עָקֵבheel 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- פָּשַׁט pâshaṭ · H6584 · to cast (one's) skin, to shed (one's) skin, to strip off (skin)
- Hebrew verb for making a raid or invasion, especially in military contexts; frequently used for hostile incursions into territory, semantically overlapping with גּוּד in the sense of aggressive military action
Contrasting words 1 word
- נוּס nûwç · H5127 · to flee, to put to flight, to cause to flee
- Hebrew verb meaning to flee or escape; the lexical opposite of invading/attacking is retreating or fleeing from battle
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἐπέρχομαι epérchomai · G1904 · to come to, to arrive, to attack
- Greek verb meaning to come upon or attack, used in hostile military contexts and could serve as a translation equivalent for invade/overcome
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Conflict002003002006
- גּוּד denotes attacking or invading, as in the marauding band attacking Gad in Genesis 49:19 and the enemy attack trembled at in Habakkuk 3:16.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1464. gud [גּוּד] verb invade, attack (compare גדד, whence יָגֻד etc. actually derived…
[גּוּד] verb invade, attack (compare גדד, whence יָגֻד etc. actually derived by Ki Bö Köi. 356 q. v.; SS, perhaps better, denominative from גדוד) —
Qal Imperfect יָגֻד Gen 49:19, יְגוּדֶ֑נּוּ Gen 49:19, יְגֻדֶנּ֑וּ Hab 3:16; יגודו Psa 94:21 Kt (see גדד); — attack Gen 49:19, alliteration with גָּד proper name & ׃ עֵָקב יָגֻד וְהוּא יְגוּדֶנּ֑וּ גְּדוּד גָּד גְּדוּד, Gad, a troop shall troop upon him, but he shall troop upon the heel (i.e. pursue them in their retreat) VB; Hab 3:16 יְגֻדֶ֑נּוּ לְעַם לַעֲלוֺת compare VB & Comm.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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