גְּדֵרָה
gᵉdêrâh · ghed-ay-raw'
enclosure (especially for flocks)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H1447 (גָּדֵר);
enclosure (especially for flocks)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (sheep-) cote (fold) 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּדֵרָה 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and folds3 · 30%
- sheepfolds1 · 10%
- to the sheepcotes1 · 10%
- and hedges1 · 10%
- all his hedges1 · 10%
- by the hedges1 · 10%
- the wall1 · 10%
- in the hedges1 · 10%
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.