The meaning of “גָּדַר”
Understanding gâdar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer. - to wall in or around 1) to wall up, wall off, c...
גָּדַר
close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer. - to wall in or around 1) to wall up, wall off, close off, build a wall 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wall up, shut off 1a2) masons (participle)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Kings 22:6 | “Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.” Word: גָּדַר (gâdar) | |
| Job 19:8 | “He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.” Word: גָּדַר (gâdar) | |
| Isaiah 58:12 | “And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.” Word: גָּדַר (gâdar) | |
| Lamentations 3:9 | “He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.” Word: גָּדַר (gâdar) | |
| Ezekiel 22:30 | “And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.” Word: גָּדַר (gâdar) |
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