- גְּדוּד
- גְּדוּדI m. (b. h.; v. גּוּד) troop, band. Pesik. R. s. 20, end ג׳ מלאכים a troop of angels. Ber.3b; Snh.16a לכו ופשטו ידיכם בג׳ go ye and stretch your hands out (for booty) as a band (of marauders). Pesik. R. l. c. ג׳ של מלאכי חבלה a troop of angels of destruction.Pl. גְּדוּדִים, גְּדוּדִין. Ib. Deut. R. s. 11, end. Ber.29b במקום גְּדוּדֵי חיהוכ׳ in a place where there are hords of wild beasts or robbers; Tosef. ib. III, 11 Var. ed. Zuck.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.