Strong H5803H5803Gעַזְגָּד
Azgad
One of the 2 senses of Strong H5803
- Transliteration
- ‛azgâd
- Pronunciation
- az-gawd'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.12
Meaning of the name
Azgad = "Gad is mighty"
General definition
In the biblical story
Azgad
Ancestor of exiles who returned to Jerusalem
Azgad was the ancestor of 1,222 (or 2,322) exiles who returned to Jerusalem (Ezr 2:12; 8:12; Neh 7:17).
In the Bible
Strong H5803G appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- azgad3
First verses
- Ezra 2:12The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
- Ezra 8:12And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
- Nehemiah 7:17The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.