Strong's Lexicon

H1447

H1447 — גָּדֵר

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

Hebrewgadernoun mascOccurrences: 11TWOT: 318a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1447
Word:	גָּדֵר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H1443
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	11
Transliteration:	gader
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	gaw-dare'
Meaning:	1. surrounded with a wall or rampart, a circumvallate 2. (by implication) an inclosure
KJV Renderings:	fence, hedge, 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 (gah-dehr’)

Psalms 62:4

KJV: They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.inwardly: Heb. in their inward parts

EHCC: 4( 4 Lotvering fence.

Isaiah 5:5

KJV: And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:trodden…: Heb. for a treading

EHCC: break down the wall thereof,

Isaiah 22:30

EHCC: that should make up the Aedge,

Isaiah 42:7

KJV: To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

EHCC: And the wall that (was) without

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 wall, (lit. her wall)

Micah 7:11

KJV: In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

EHCC: the day that thy wails are to be built,