Gad

person in the Hebrew Bible; personal prophet of David (1 Sam 22:5; 2 Sam 24:11–13; 2 Sam 24:18; 1 Chron 21:18; 1 Chron 29:29)
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Gad

Summary

Gad is a human biblical figure[1]. He worked as a prophet[2]. He draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (human_biblical_figure category, ranking #299 of 529).[3]

Key Facts

  • Gad's professions included prophet[2].
  • Gad is recorded as male[4].
  • Gad's instance of is recorded as human biblical figure[5].
  • Gad's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 21152864142104822604[6].
  • Gad's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 298172113[7].
  • Gad's GND ID is recorded as 1160506884[8].
  • Gad's residence is recorded as Jerusalem[9].
  • Gad's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0br1bv[10].
  • Gad's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Gad's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12].
  • Gad's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[13].
  • Gad's present in work is recorded as First Book of Samuel[14].
  • Gad's present in work is recorded as Second Book of Samuel[15].
  • Gad's present in work is recorded as First Book of Chronicles[16].
  • Gad's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'גָּד'}[17].
  • Gad's Catholic Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 06331b[18].
  • Gad's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Gad_-_profet[19].
  • Gad's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007311338505171[20].
  • Gad's museum-digital ID is recorded as 130141[21].

Body

Career and Affiliations

Gad worked as a prophet[2].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Gad include Book of him the Seer[22], a lost literary work[23].

Why It Matters

Gad draws 37 Wikipedia views per month (human_biblical_figure category, ranking #299 of 529).[3] He has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Works attributed to him include First Book of Samuel[26], a literary work[27], written by Samuel[28] and Second Book of Samuel[29], a literary work[30], written by him[31]. Entities named for him include Book of him the Seer[22], a lost literary work[23].

FAQs

What did Gad do for work?

Gad worked as prophet[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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