King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H1413
Transliteration: gadad
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-dad')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to penetrate, cut
Meaning: to crowd, to gash
Word Summary
gadad: to penetrate, cut
Original Word: גָּדַדTransliteration: gadad
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-dad')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to penetrate, cut
Meaning: to crowd, to gash
Strong's Concordance
assemble selves by troops, gather selves together, self in troops, cut selves A primitive root (compare guwd); to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into) -- assemble (selves by troops), gather (selves together, self in troops), cut selves.
see HEBREW guwd
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1413. gadad
[גָּדַד] verb penetrate, cut (Late Hebrew id., cut, cut out, Aramaic גְּדַד, , Arabic cut, cut off; Ethiopic in derivatives) —
Qal Imperfect Psalm 94:21 צַדִּיִק עַלנֶֿפֶשׁ יָג֯וֺדּוּ they attack (penetrate, make inroads upon) the life of a righteous man (Ol proposes יָגוּרוּ compare 56:7; 59:4 where, however, Che יגודו; si vera lectio, perhaps denominative from גְּדוּד compare Hosea 6:9 & below; compare also גוד & Köi. 356).
Hithpo`el Imperfect יִתְגֹּדַד Jeremiah 16:6; 2feminine singular תִּתְגֹּדֲדִי Micah 4:14, תִּתְגּוֺדָ֑דִי 47:5; plural וַיִּתְגֹּדְדוּ 1 Kings 18:28, יִתְגּוֺדָ֑דוּ Jeremiah 5:7 + Hosea 7:11 see below, תִּתְגֹּדְדוּ Deuteronomy 14:1; Participle plural מִתְגֹּדְדִים Jeremiah 41:5; —
1 cut oneself, as religious (heathen) practice 1 Kings 18:28; practised also by men of Schechem, etc. in worship of ׳י (late) Jeremiah 41:5; for the dead, forbidden Deuteronomy 14:1 לָמֵת עֵינֵיכֶם בֵּין קָרְחָה תָשִׂימוּ וְלאֹ תִתְגֹּדְדוּ לֹא, Jeremiah 16:6; compare 47:5 (subject Philistia personified); also for יִתְגּוֺרָ֖רוּ ᵑ0 Hosea 7:14 Codd, they cut themselves, ᵐ5 Gr Che RVm, We Now Marti Harper (compare I, II. גּוּר).
2 gather in troops, or bands; go in troops or throngs, throng; (denominative from גְּדוּד q. v.) compare בַתגְּֿדוּד תִּתְגֹּדֲדִי Micah 4:14 (addressed to Jerusalem); Jeremiah 5:7 יִתְגּ זוֺנָה ׳וּבֵית and to a harlot's house they throng. **read probably ᵐ5 יִתְגֹּרָ֑רוּ Gie Du and others.