Strong's Lexicon

H1444

H1444 — גֶּדֶר

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

Hebrewgedernoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 318a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1444
Word:גֶּדֶר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1443
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:geder
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gheh'-der
Meaning:1. a circumvallation
KJV Renderings:wall.

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BDB1520

גָּדֵר noun masculine Ezek 42:7 wall (Late Hebrew גָּדֵר, Aramaic גָּדֵירָא, גְּדֵירָא , Arabic [untranscribed source text 820], [untranscribed source text 821], and more commonly [untranscribed source text 822] enclosing-wall compare Hebrew גְּדוֺר below) — absolute גָּדֵר Num 22:24; Num 24:24 + 5 t. + Ps 62:4 (read גדרה compare below) + Ezek 13:5 (Co גדרת compare below); construct גָּדֶר Prov 24:31; Ezek 42:10 ( Co strike out); suffix גְּדֵרוֺ Isa 5:5, גְּדֵרָהּ Hos 2:8 (compare Baer, note); plural suffix גְּדֵרַיִךְ Mic 7:11, גְּדֵרֶיהָ Ps 80:13 — wall, fence, bordering a road Num 2:24 (twice in verse) compare Eccl 10:8 connected with Ezekiel's temple Ezek 42:7 city wall Mic 7:11 compare Ezra 9:9 figurative of Yahweh's vineyard Isa 5:5; Ps 80:13 of fortunes of Israel Ezek 22:30 so also Ezek 13:5 (Co גְּדֶרֶת compareגְּדֵרָה); of hindrance in path of Israel (figurative as woman) Hos 2:8 of man beset by enemies Ps 62:4 (׳ ג הַדְּחוּיָה, but read ׳ גְּדֵרָה ד Ol De etc.)


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גדר (geh’-der)

Proverbs 24:31

KJV: And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
EHCC: and the stone wall thereof

Ezekiel 42:10

KJV: The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
EHCC: in the thickness of the soall of
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