BDB1476 [H1416]

I. גְּדוּד noun masculine^{Gen 49:19} band, troop (as making inroads; others, as a division, detachment (as severed), but this usually later in Hebrew) — ׳ג absolute 1Sam 30:8 + 19 t.; construct 2Chr 25:9 plural גְּדוּדִים 2Sam 4:2 + 2 t.; construct גְּדוּדֵי 2Kgs 6:23 + 6 t.; suffix גְּדוּדָיו Job 19:12; Job 25:3 —

1. marauding band (making incursions, inroads, compare גדד) 1Sam 30:8; 1Sam 30:15 (twice in verse); 1Sam 30:23 compare 1Chr 12:22, also 2Chr 22:1; 1Kgs 11:24; 2Kgs 5:2; 2Kgs 6:23; 2Kgs 13:20; 2Kgs 13:21; 2Kgs 24:2 (4 t. in verse) compare 2Sam 22:30 = Ps 18:30, & Gen 49:19 (see גַּד Gen 30:11) Hos 6:9; Hos 7:1; Jer 18:22 שָׂרֵי גִּדוּדִים 2Sam 4:2, compare וַיִּתְּנֵם בְּרָאשֵׁי הַגְּדוּד 1Chr 12:19 figurative of God's attacking forces, his chastisements Job 19:12 (compare Job 25:3 below)

2. troop, of divisions of army of Israel (late) גְּדוּדֵי צְבָא מִלְחָמָה 1Chr 7:4, compare 2Chr 26:11 band of Israel, i.e. troop of mercenaries hired from Israel by Amaziah 2Chr 25:9; 2Chr 25:10 בְּנֵי הַגְּדוּד i.e. soldiers of the band 2Chr 25:13 of army in general כְּמֶלֶךְ בַּגְּדוּד Job 29:25, in simile; also Mic 4:14 בַּתגְּֿדוּד of Zion.

3. foray, raid 2Sam 3:22.

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