STRONGS NUMBER H1416


Word Summary
gedud: a band, troop
Original Word: גְּדוּד
Transliteration: gedud
Phonetic Spelling: (ghed-ood')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a band, troop
Meaning: a band, troop
Strong's Concordance
army, band of men, company, troop of robbers

From gadad; a crowd (especially of soldiers) -- army, band (of men), company, troop (of robbers).

see HEBREW gadad

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H1416. gedud

I. גְּדוּדnoun masculineGenesis 49:19 band, troop (as making inroads; others, as a division, detachment (as severed), but this usually later in Hebrew) — ׳ג‎ absolute 1 Samuel 30:8 19t.; construct 2 Chronicles 25:9; plural גְּדוּדִים2 Samuel 4:2 2t.; construct גְּדוּדֵי2 Kings 6:23 6t.; suffix גְּדוּדָיוJob 19:12; 25:3; —

1 marauding band (making incursions, inroads, compare גדד‎) 1 Samuel 30:8, 15 (twice in verse); 30:23 compare 1 Chronicles 12:22, also 2 Chronicles 22:1; 1 Kings 11:24; 2 Kings 5:2; 6:23; 13:20-21, 24:2 (4 t. in verse) compare 2 Samuel 22:30 = Psalm 18:30, & Genesis 49:19 (see גַּד30:11) Hosea 6:9; 7:1; Jeremiah 18:22; גִּדוּדִים שָׂרֵי2 Samuel 4:2, compare הַגְּדוּד בְּרָאשֵׁי וַיִּתְּנֵם1 Chronicles 12:19; figurative of God's attacking forces, his chastisements Job 19:12 (compare 25:3 below)

2 troop, of divisions of army of Israel (late) מִלְחָמָה צְבָא גְּדוּדֵי1 Chronicles 7:4, compare 2 Chronicles 26:11; band of Israel, i.e. troop of mercenaries hired from Israel by Amaziah 25:9-10, הַגְּדוּד בְּנֵי‎ i.e. soldiers of the band25:13; of army in General בַּגְּדוּד כְּמֶלֶךְJob 29:25, in simile; also Micah 4:14 בַּתגְּֿדוּד‎ of Zion.

3 foray, raid 2 Samuel 3:22.