גָּד ², decree, fate, esp. Gad (Fortune), a god worshipped by the Babylonians and the Jewish exiles. Snh. 63ᵇ ג׳ נמי מיכתב כתיב Gad is also one of the names of idols mentioned in the Bible. Sabb. 67ᵇ ג׳ אינו אלא לשון ע"א Gad is nothing else than a designation of an idol, v. next w.
גָּד ², גַּד יָוָן pr. n. Gad Yavan (Greek Fortune) near Jerusalem. Zab. I, 5 כְּמִן ג׳ י׳ לשילוה as long as it takes from G. Y. to Siloah; Tosef. ib. I, 10 כְּמִגַּדְיָוָן לשילה; Snh. 63ᵇ כְּמִיגַּדְיָוָן לשילה (corr. acc.)—[Gad Yavan is prob. the name of a pool connected with the Siloah, perh. Fount of the Virgin, v. Sm. Bible Dict. s. v. Siloam.] [Toh. VI, 6; Erub. 22ᵇ בית גד גד, v. גִּלְגּוּל.]