Wall
גְּדֵרָהStrong’s H1448gederah (ge-de-rah)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gederah is the Hebrew word usually translated “folds of”, “folds” and “walls his”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:”
Meaning
- Wall, hedge
- Sheepfold (construct with 'sheep')
How it's translated
- folds of 2
- and folds of 2
- and folds 1
- walls his 1
- among the walls 1
- the wall 1
- in the walls 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 3
- 1 Samuel 1
- Psalms 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
- Nahum 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 32:24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
- Numbers 32:36And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
- 1 Samuel 24:3And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
- Psalms 89:40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
- Jeremiah 49:3Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
- Ezekiel 42:12And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.
Hebrew dictionary
גְּדֵרָה gederah · wall
1) wall, hedge 2) sheepfold (construct with 'sheep')
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wall” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WALL, noun
[Latin, stake, post, probably originally a fence of stakes, a palisade or stockade; the first rude fortification of uncivilized men.]
- A work or structure of stone, brick or other materials, raised to some highth, and intended for a defense or security.
- Walls, in the plural, is used for fortifications in general; works for defense.
- A defense; means of security or protection. 1 Samuel 25:16
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.