גָּדֵר
gâdêr · gaw-dare'
a circumvallation; by implication, an inclosure
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1443 (גָּדַר);
a circumvallation; by implication, an inclosure
- a circumvallation
- by implication, an inclosure
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fence, hedge, wall.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › the head, the highest
To carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּדֵר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a wall2 · 17%
- the hedge2 · 17%
- being on this side, and a wall1 · 8%
- us a wall1 · 8%
- fence1 · 8%
- her hedges1 · 8%
- an hedge1 · 8%
- the wall1 · 8%
- and the wall1 · 8%
- that thy walls1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.