Gad

Gad or GAD may refer to:

People

• Gad (son of Jacob), the founder of the tribe of Gad and seventh son of Jacob
  • Tribe of Gad, a tribe of the ancient Kingdom of Israel
• Gad (Bible prophet), King David's seer or prophet
• Gad (deity), a pan-Semitic deity worshipped during the Babylonian captivity
• Khattak, an Afghan tribe

Personal name

• Gad Elmaleh, Moroccan-French actor
• Gad (restaurant), a restaurant chain based in Egypt

Places

• Gad (Hungarian: Gád), a village in Ghilad Commune, Timiş County, Romania
• GAD, the IATA airport code for Northeast Alabama Regional Airport, United States
• Gad, West Virginia, a former town flooded in the construction of Summersville Lake, United States
• Gad, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community, United States

Medicine and science

• gad or gado, a short name for a gadolinium containing contrast dye often used in MRI medical imaging
• Generalized anxiety disorder
• Glutamate decarboxylase, an enzyme in mammals
• Glycoazodyes or GADs, dyes

Music

• G.A.D. (album), a music album by the Croatian punk rock band Hladno pivo
• GAD (band), indie electro-pop band from Greece

Acronyms

• Gospel According to DAVID, the life work novel of David Harold Holt
• General Administration Department, a department of Burma's Ministry of Home Affairs
• Gender and Development, an approach to analyzing development projects
• Government Actuary's Department, UK government department
• People's Liberation Army General Armaments Department (GAD)

See also

• GADS (disambiguation)
• Gad Guard, a Japanese animated series
• List of forts
• Gadd, a surname