Go
Articles on

Deuteronomy 33

Deut. 33:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
20
And of Gad
Gad (Hebrew #1410)
Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet
KJV usage: Gad.
Pronounce: gawd
Origin: from 1464
he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
be he that enlargeth
rachab (Hebrew #7337)
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.
Pronounce: raw-khab'
Origin: a primitive root
Gad
Gad (Hebrew #1410)
Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet
KJV usage: Gad.
Pronounce: gawd
Origin: from 1464
: he dwelleth
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
as a lion
labiy' (Hebrew #3833)
irreg. masculine plural lbaviym {leb-aw-eem'}; irreg. feminine plural lbaeowth {leb-aw-oth'}; from an unused root men. to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer; compare 738))
KJV usage: (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
Pronounce: law-bee'
Origin: or (Ezek. 19:2) lbiyao {leb-ee-yaw'}
d, and teareth
taraph (Hebrew #2963)
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
KJV usage: catch, X without doubt, feed, ravin, rend in pieces, X surely, tear (in pieces).
Pronounce: taw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
the arm
zrowa` (Hebrew #2220)
and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'}; from 2232; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
KJV usage: arm, + help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.
Pronounce: zer-o'-ah
Origin: or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah}
with
'aph (Hebrew #637)
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
KJV usage: also, + although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, + how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.
Pronounce: af
Origin: a primitive particle
the crown of the head
qodqod (Hebrew #6936)
the crown of the head (as the part most bowed)
KJV usage: crown (of the head), pate, scalp, top of the head.
Pronounce: kod-kode'
Origin: from 6915
.
d
1 Chron. 12:8• 8And of the Gadites, there separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness mighty men of valour, men fit for the service of war, armed with shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as the gazelles upon the mountains: (1 Chron. 12:8)

More on:

+
Arm,
Crown,
Gad,
Head,
Lion

Cross References

+
Blessed.
Gen. 9:26‑27• 26And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.
 27Let God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman. (Gen. 9:26‑27)
;
Josh. 13:8,10,24‑28• 8with him the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them:
 10and all the cities of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who reigned at Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon;
 24And Moses gave a portion to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad according to their families.
 25And their territory was Jaazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer which is before Rabbah;
 26and from Heshbon to Ramath-Mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
 27and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon the king of Heshbon, the Jordan and its border, as far as the edge of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
 28This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and their hamlets. (Josh. 13:8,10,24‑28)
;
1 Chron. 4:10• 10And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that thou wouldest richly bless me, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God brought about what he had requested. (1 Chron. 4:10)
;
1 Chron. 12:8,37‑38• 8And of the Gadites, there separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness mighty men of valour, men fit for the service of war, armed with shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as the gazelles upon the mountains:
 37And from the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of weapons of war for battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.
 38All of them men of war, keeping rank in battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. (1 Chron. 12:8,37‑38)
;
Psa. 18:19,36• 19And he brought me forth into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
 36Thou didst enlarge my steps under me, and mine ankles have not wavered. (Psa. 18:19,36)
he dwelleth.
1 Chron. 5:18‑21• 18The children of Reuben and the Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men who carried shield and sword, drawing the bow and skilful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, able to go forth to war.
 19And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab;
 20and they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
 21And they took away their cattle: their camels fifty thousand, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand human souls. (1 Chron. 5:18‑21)
;
1 Chron. 12:8‑14• 8And of the Gadites, there separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness mighty men of valour, men fit for the service of war, armed with shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as the gazelles upon the mountains:
 9Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
 10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
 11Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
 12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
 13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
 14These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. (1 Chron. 12:8‑14)
teareth.
Mic. 5:8• 8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver. (Mic. 5:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
20
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad! As a lion doth he dwell, and teareth the arm, even the top of the head.