גָּדַרgâdar

wall up or off, build a wall

Pronunciation: gaw-dar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1443

Meanings

Qal: wall up, shut off (Job 19:8; Hosea 2:8; Amos 9:11)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 12:12 the masons, and the stonecutters. They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone needed for repairing the Lord’s Temple, and they paid any other expenses related to the Temple’s restoration.
  • 2 Kings 22:6 They will need to hire carpenters, builders, and masons. Also have them buy the timber and the finished stone needed to repair the Temple.
  • Job 19:8 God has blocked my way so I cannot move. He has plunged my path into darkness.
  • Isaiah 58:12 Some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities. Then you will be known as a rebuilder of walls and a restorer of homes.
  • Lamentations 3:7 He has walled me in, and I cannot escape. He has bound me in heavy chains.
  • Lamentations 3:9 He has blocked my way with a high stone wall; he has made my road crooked.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).