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Gad was the name of the pan-Semitic god of fortune, usually depicted as a male but sometimes as a female, [2] and is attested in ancient records of Aram and Arabia.Gad is also mentioned in the bible as a deity in the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 65:11 – some translations simply call him (the god of) Fortune), as having been worshipped by a number of Hebrews during the Babylonian captivity. [3]
Gad (Hebrew: גָּד, Modern: Gad, Tiberian: Gāḏ, "luck") was, according to the Book of Genesis, the first of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah (and the seventh of Jacob's twelve sons overall) and the founder of the Israelite tribe of Gad. [2] The text of Genesis implies that the name Gad means “luck”/“fortunate”, in Hebrew.
The Palmyrene term Gad refers to a figure who embodies luck or good fortune as well as the identity of a city. This explains why the deity in this image is also referred to as Fortuna , the Roman equivalent of this goddess, or Tyche , the Greek.
Gad: Gad is a pan-Semitic god of fortune who is also attested in Arabia. Attested: Ghayyan Ghayyan is a god worshipped by the Banu Umayya of the Aws tribe. [18] Since Ghayyan's name can be traced in the traditional genealogy of the Umayya, it is possible that Ghayyan is a deified ancestor. [18] Attested: Al-Harish
In common with Asher is the possibility that the tribal name derives from a deity worshipped by the tribe, Gad being thought by scholars to be likely to have taken its name from Gad, the semitic god of fortune; [5] Like Asher, Gad's geographic details are diverse and divergent, [5] with cities sometimes indicated as being part of Gad, and ...
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A fortune deity is a deity associated with fortune, ... Hinduism. Lakshmi: Goddess of wealth, fortune and luck. Kubera: God of wealth; Ganesha: God of wisdom, ...