Azgad

Az´gad; Heb., “Gad is mighty”

1 A family group (“descendants of Azgad”) who returned with Zerubbabel from the Babylonian captivity (Ezra 2:12). 2 Another group who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:12). 3 A member of the postexilic community in Judah who signed the covenant to keep the law (Neh 10:15) and could be associated with either of the families named above.