גָּדַד

gâdad · Hebrew · Strong's H1413 · 8 occurrences

The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “assemble”

What it means

to crowd; also to gash (as if by pressing into)

a primitive root (compare H1464 (גּוּד));

How the KJV renders it

assemble, gather selves together, self in troops, cut selves

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“assemble”

also renders synérchomai (G4905), rᵉgash (H7284)

“gather selves together”

also renders synágō (G4863)

Answers that weigh this word

Are the clean and unclean food laws of Leviticus 11 binding on Christians?

Where it appears

8 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Kings 18:28 · HC/Vrw3mp

They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.

Deuteronomy 14:1 · HVri2mp

You are the children of Yahweh your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Jeremiah 5:7 · HVri3mp

“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes’ houses.

Jeremiah 16:6 · HVri3ms

Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried. Men won’t lament for them, cut themselves, or make themselves bald for them.

Jeremiah 41:5 · HC/Vzrmpa

men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to Yahweh’s house.

Jeremiah 47:5 · HVri2fs

Baldness has come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing. You remnant of their valley, how long will you cut yourself?

Micah 5:1 HVri2fsPsalm 94:21 HVqi3mp

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.