What does גָּדַד (gādad) mean in the Bible?
גָּדַד (gādad): Conveys violent pressing-together action: crowding into troops or gashing flesh through forceful penetration.
Hebrew · H1413
גָּדַד
To crowd ; also to gash (as if by pressing into)
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גָּדַד H1413
Pronunciation gādad
What does גָּדַד (gādad) mean in the Bible?
גָּדַד (gādad): Conveys violent pressing-together action: crowding into troops or gashing flesh through forceful penetration.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1413?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and assembled (1), and cut (1), and cut themselves (1), cut (1), mobilize your troops (1).
Where does גָּדַד (gādad) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 14:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (4), 1 Kings (1), Deuteronomy (1), Micah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and assembled 1× Jeremiah 5:7
and cut 1× 1 Kings 18:28
and cut themselves 1× Jeremiah 41:5
cut 1× Deuteronomy 14:1
mobilize your troops 1× Micah 5:1
They band together 1× Psalms 94:21
will anyone cut himself 1× Jeremiah 16:6
will you gash yourself 1× Jeremiah 47:5
Show sample aligned rows
Deuteronomy 14:1 תִתְגֹּֽדְד֗וּ to cut Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural 1 Kings 18:28 וַיִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙ to and cut Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Psalms 94:21 יָ֭גוֹדּוּ to They band together Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Jeremiah 5:7 יִתְגֹּדָֽדוּ׃ to and assembled Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Jeremiah 16:6 יִתְגֹּדַ֔ד to will anyone cut himself Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Jeremiah 41:5 וּמִתְגֹּֽדְדִ֑ים to and cut themselves Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural Jeremiah 47:5 תִּתְגּוֹדָֽדִי׃ס to will you gash yourself Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Micah 5:1 תִּתְגֹּדְדִ֣י to mobilize your troops Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 14:1
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 5
Deuteronomy 1 1 Kings 1 Psalms 1 Jeremiah 4 Micah 1
Source forms
וַיִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙ 1x way·yiṯ·gō·ḏə·ḏū 1 Kings 18:28
וּמִתְגֹּֽדְדִ֑ים 1x ū·miṯ·gō·ḏə·ḏîm Jeremiah 41:5
יָ֭גוֹדּוּ 1x yā·ḡō·w·dū Psalms 94:21
יִתְגֹּדַ֔ד 1x yiṯ·gō·ḏaḏ Jeremiah 16:6
יִתְגֹּדָֽדוּ׃ 1x yiṯ·gō·ḏā·ḏū Jeremiah 5:7
תִתְגֹּֽדְד֗וּ 1x ṯiṯ·gō·ḏə·ḏū Deuteronomy 14:1
תִּתְגֹּדְדִ֣י 1x tiṯ·gō·ḏə·ḏî Micah 5:1
תִּתְגּוֹדָֽדִי׃ס 1x tiṯ·gō·w·ḏā·ḏî Jeremiah 47:5
Parsing patterns
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person feminine singular 2x Jeremiah 47:5, Micah 5:1
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 1x 1 Kings 18:28
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural 1x Jeremiah 41:5
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural 1x Deuteronomy 14:1
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural 1x Jeremiah 5:7
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Jeremiah 16:6
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural 1x Psalms 94:21
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Conveys violent pressing-together action: crowding into troops or gashing flesh through forceful penetration.
Source Gloss
to crowd ; also to gash (as if by pressing into)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Conveys violent pressing-together action: crowding into troops or gashing flesh through forceful penetration.
to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into) BDB: penetrate Usage: assemble (selves by troops), gather (selves together, self in troops), cut selves.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 6
Hithpolel 5×
Imperfect Jer 47:5 · Mic 4:14 · Deut 14:1 · Jer 5:7 · Jer 16:6 5×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 1×
Imperfect Ps 94:21 1×
Word Origins
גָּדַד is built from this root:
גּוּד H1464
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain