Strong's Lexicon

H1443

H1443 — גָּדַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgadarverb-stemOccurrences: 10TWOT: 318

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1443
Word:	גָּדַר
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	10
Transliteration:	gadar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	gaw-dar'
Meaning:	1. to wall in or around
KJV Renderings:	close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer.

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BDB1519

גָּדַר verb wall up or off, build a wall (denominative? Late Hebrew id., Arabic [untranscribed source text 819] and see גָּדֵר below) —

Qal Perfect גָּדַר Job 19:8 + 2 t., וְגָדַרְתִּ֫י Hos 2:8; Amos 9:11 Imperfect 2 masculine plural וַתִּגְדְּרוּ Ezek 13:5 Participle גֹּדֵר Isa 58:12; Ezek 22:30 plural גֹּדְרִים 2Kgs 12:13; 2Kgs 22:6 — wall up, shut off, literal only Participle, absolute = masons (wall-builders) 2Kgs 12:13; 2Kgs 22:6 also Isa 58:12 (object פֶּרֶץ); figurative of Yahweh's dealings with men, object אֹרַה Job 19:8, דֶּרֶך Lam 3:9 compare Hos 2:8 (accusative of cognate meaning with verb גָּדֵר), in all = obstructing path of life, compare also Lam 3:7 (with בַּעֲדִי); of restoring fallen booth of David Amos 9:11 (object פרצים); of repairing fortunes of Israel, a work neglected by prophets Ezek 13:5, and by all in power Ezek 22:30 (both with accusative of cognate meaning with verb)

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גדר (gah-dar’)

Job 19:8

KJV: He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

EHCC: He hath fenced up my way

Lamentations 3:7

KJV: He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

EHCC: He hath hedged me about,

Hosea 2:6

KJV: Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.make…: Heb. wall a wall

EHCC: (8).and make a wail, (marg.toall a wall)

Amos 9:11

KJV: In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:close: Heb. hedge, or, wall

EHCC: and close up the breaches thereof; (marg.

Ezekiel 13:6

KJV: They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.

EHCC: neither made up the hedge (marg. hedged)

2 Kings 12:19

KJV: And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

EHCC: (13). 4nd to masons, and hewers of stone,

Isaiah 58:12

KJV: And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

EHCC: The repairer of the breach,