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Geder

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1445

גֶּ֫דֶר

ge.der — Geder

Geder = "wall" one of the Canaanite towns captured in the Promised Land by Joshua and the Israelites Another name of ge.dor (גְּדוֹר "Gedor" H1446G)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1446

גְּדוֹר

ge.dor — Gedor

Gedor = "wall" a town in the mountainous part of Judah a few miles north of Hebron Also named: ge.der (גֶּ֫דֶר "Geder" H1445)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1177

בַּ֫עַל חָנָן

ba.al cha.nan — Baal-hanan

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.38; son of: Achbor (H5907) § Baal-hanan = "Baal is gracious" 1) an early king of Edom 2) one of David's officers, a Gederite, who had the superintendence of his olive and sycamore plantations

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1451

גְּדֵרִי

ge.de.ri — Gederite

Group of ge.de.rah (גְּדֵרָה "Gederah" H1449) § Gederite = "a wall" an inhabitant of Geder

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1452

גְּדֵרָתִי

ge.de.ra.ti — Gederathite

Gederathite = "a wall" an inhabitant of Gederah Another spelling of ge.de.rah (גְּדֵרָה "Gederah" H1449)

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Historical dictionary entry

A walled place, (Josh. 12:13), perhaps the same as Gederah or Gedor (15:58).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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