גְדֹרGᵉdôr
proper name: wall
Pronunciation: ghed-ore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1446
Meanings
1. city of Judah, also as proper name, masculine (Joshua 15:58; 1 Chronicles 4:4; 1 Chronicles 4:18)
2. גְּדֹר, but read Gerar (1 Chronicles 4:39)
3. a Benjamite, of Gibeon (1 Chronicles 8:31; 1 Chronicles 9:37)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 15:58 In addition, there were Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor,
- 1 Chronicles 4:4 Penuel (the father of Gedor), and Ezer (the father of Hushah). These were the descendants of Hur (the firstborn of Ephrathah), the ancestor of Bethlehem.
- 1 Chronicles 4:18 He married a woman from Judah, who became the mother of Jered (the father of Gedor), Heber (the father of Soco), and Jekuthiel (the father of Zanoah). Mered also married Bithia, a daughter of Pharaoh, and she bore him children.
- 1 Chronicles 4:39 and they traveled to the region of Gerar, in the east part of the valley, seeking pastureland for their flocks.
- 1 Chronicles 8:31 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah,
- 1 Chronicles 9:37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
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).