גְּדוּד
gᵉdûwd · ghed-ood'
a crowd (especially of soldiers)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1413 (גָּדַד);
a crowd (especially of soldiers)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: army, band (of men), company, troop (of robbers).
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
To carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּדוּד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a troop3 · 10%
- and bands3 · 10%
- to this company2 · 7%
- this troop1 · 3%
- the company1 · 3%
- from pursuing a troop1 · 3%
- of bands1 · 3%
- through a troop1 · 3%
- over a band1 · 3%
- by companies1 · 3%
- so the bands1 · 3%
- him. and the bands1 · 3%
- a band1 · 3%
- against him bands1 · 3%
- were bands1 · 3%
- of the band1 · 3%
- against the band1 · 3%
- in his stead: for the band of men1 · 3%
- to the army1 · 3%
- them, to wit, the army1 · 3%
- of the army1 · 3%
- by bands1 · 3%
- his troops1 · 3%
- of his armies1 · 3%
- in the army1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.