H1413 - גָּדַד (gâdad)

H1413 גָּדַד (gâdad) gaw-dad'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a primitive root (compare 1464); to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into)

KJV Usage: assemble (selves by troops), gather (selves together, self in troops), cut selves

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גָּדַד (ga.dad) — to cut. 1) to penetrate, cut, attack, invade 1a) (Qal) to penetrate, cut into 1b)(Hithpoel) 1b1) to cut oneself 1b2) to gather in troops or crowds Aramaic equivalent: ge.dad (גְּדַד "to chop" H1414)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

גדד (H1413 · A1414)

verb · גְּדוּדָה

Impact | verb hit

to cut oneself, to gash oneself, to lacerate oneself = causative action by which humans inflict wounds on their body with a knife, ► as a sign of mourning, or in order to reinforce one's prayer

DEU 14:1 · 1KI 18:28 · JER 16:6 · JER 41:5 · JER 47:5 · HOS 7:14 · MIC 4:14

Impact | verb pe'al

to hew down = action by which humans strike a tree repeatedly with an axe or other sharp implement, ► in order to cut it down

DAN 4:11 · DAN 4:20

verb · גוד · גְּדוּד

Associate | verb qal, verb hit

to band together, to troop together = action by which several people form a group in order to pursue a common goal together

PSA 94:21 · JER 5:7 · HOS 7:14 · MIC 4:14

¹ HOS 7:14 HOTTP-C יתגדדו RSV NJB NRSV GNT ESV "gash themselves" REB "gashing of themselves" CEV "slashed themselves" (= [1a]) NIV "gather together" NJPS "debauch" (= [1b]) | MT יתגררו = גור ² MIC 4:14 MT HOTTP-B NJPS "you gash yourself" = [1] NIV "marshall your troops" GNT "gather your forces" ESV "muster your troops" = [2] | RSV "you are walled about" NRSV "you are walled around" REB "withdraw behind your walls" = גדר

Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[גָּדַד] vb. penetrate, cut Qal they attack (penetrate, make inroads upon) the life of a righteous man

Hithpo. cut oneself, as religious (heathen) practice

gather troops, or bands; go in troops or throngs, throng

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