Gad

Gad may refer to:

In medicine: Generalized anxiety disorder, an anxiety disorder characterized by uncontrollable worry about everyday things

In religion:

• 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

In places:

• Gad (Hungarian: Gád), a village in Ghilad Commune, Timiş County, Romania
• Gad, West Virginia, a former town flooded in the construction of Summersville Lake
• Northeast Alabama Regional Airport's IATA airport code

As a name:

• Khattak, An Afghan Tribe
• Gad Elmaleh, Moroccan-French actor

In science:

• GAD, the enzyme glutamate decarboxylase.

In other uses:

• Gad (restaurant), a restaurant chain based in Egypt
• Gadolinium
• Gatsbys American Dream, an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington.
• Glycoazodyes, a family of naturalised textile dyes
• Glutamate decarboxylase, an enzyme that catalyzes the decarboxylation of glutamate
• Government Actuary's Department, a department of the British government responsible for providing actuarial advice
• Great dodecahedron
• G.A.D., music album by Croatian punk rock band Hladno pivo
• G.A.D., Grupo de Atropelamento Desportivo
• Gender and Development, an approach to analyzing development projects

See also

• GADS (disambiguation)
• Gad Guard, a Japanese animated series
• List of forts in Maharashtra