(troop). (1) Jacob’s seventh son (Gen. 30:11-13; 49:19; Num. 1:24-25). Tribe settled east of Jordan, and became a fierce, warlike people. Carried captive by Tiglath-pileser (1 Chron. 5:26). (2) A prophet and David’s seer (1 Sam. 22:5; 1 Chron. 21:9-19; 29:29; 2 Chron. 29:25).