The meaning of Gedor in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

a wall.

  • A city in the mountains or hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:58), identified with Jedar, between Jerusalem and Hebron.

  • I Chronicles 4:39, the Gederah of Joshua 15:36, or the well-known Gerar, as the LXX. read, where the patriarchs of old had sojourned and fed their flocks (Genesis 20:1,14,15; 26:1,6,14).

  • A town apparently in Benjamin (I Chronicles 12:7), the same probably as Geder (Joshua 12:13).


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    Gedor {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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