Gad = "a troop"

1. the seventh son of the patriarch Jacob, by Zilpah, Leah's maid

twelve

1. the twelve apostles of Jesus, so called by way of eminence

out of, from, by, away from

Judah = "he shall be praised"

1. the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob

2. the tribe that were the offspring of Judah

3. the region occupied by the tribe

4. a city of the tribe of Judah, conjectured to be Hebron, which was a city assigned to the priests and located in the hill country, and the native place of John the Baptist according to Jewish tradition

Judah or Judas = "he shall be praised"

1. the fourth son of Jacob

2. an unknown ancestor of Christ

3. a man surnamed the Galilean, who at the time of the census of Quirinus, excited the revolt in Galilee, Acts 5:37

4. a certain Jew of Damascus, Acts 9:11

5. a prophet surnamed Barsabas, of the church at Jerusalem, Acts 15:22,27,32

6. the apostle, Jn 14:22, who was surnamed Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus, and according to opinion wrote the Epistle of Jude.

7. the half-brother of Jesus, Mt. 13:55

8. Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Jesus

Reuben = "behold a son"

1. Jacob's firstborn child by Leah

to set a seal upon, mark with a seal, to seal

1. for security: from Satan

2. since things sealed up are concealed (as the contents of a letter), to hide, keep in silence, keep secret

3. in order to mark a person or a thing

   1. to set a mark upon by the impress of a seal or a stamp

   2. angels are said to be sealed by God

4. in order to prove, confirm, or attest a thing

   1. to confirm authenticate, place beyond doubt

      1. of a written document

      2. to prove one's testimony to a person that he is what he professes to be

a tribe

1. in the NT all the persons descending from one of the twelve sons of the patriarch, Jacob

a nation, people

a thousand, the number one thousand