a strong army; a gang of robbers
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
AZGAD.See Astad.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Ezr_2:12; Ezr_8:12; Neh_7:17; Neh_10:15.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Az'gad. (strength of fortune). The children of Azgad, to the number of 1222, (2322 according to) Neh_7:17, were among the laymen who returned with Zerubbabel. Ezr_2:12; Ezr_8:12. With the other heads of the People, they joined in the covenant with Nehemiah. Neh_10:15. (B.C. 536).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
az?gad עזגּד, ‛azgādh, ?strong is Gad?: In the list of those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel are mentioned ?the children of Azgad? (1,222, Ezr_2:12; 2,322, Neh_7:17). 110 males with their chief returned with Ezra (Ezr_8:12). Azgad was among the leaders who signed the Covenant after Nehemiah (Neh_10:15).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Azgad
(Hebrews Azgad', עִזְגָּד, strong in fortune; Sept. Α᾿σγάδ, Α᾿ζγάδ), the head of one of the families of the Israelites whose descendants, to the number of 1222 persons, returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezr_2:12; Neh_7:17), and 111 males afterward with Ezra (Ezr_8:12; Neh_10:15). B.C. ante 536.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.