Word Study · Strong's H1443 · Hebrew
גָּדַר
gadar
gaw-dar'
Strong's 1890 spelling: gâdar
“to wall in or around”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to wall in or around
Rendered in the KJV as
close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- גָ֭דַר1
- גָּדַ֧ר1
- גָּדַ֤ר1
- גֹּדֵ֣ר1
- גֹּֽדֵר־1
- וְגָֽדַרְתִּי֙1
- וְגָדַרְתִּ֣י1
- וְלַגֹּֽדְרִים֙1
- וְלַגֹּֽדְרִ֑ים1
- וַתִּגְדְּר֥וּ1
How it is rendered · 6
- he has walled up3
- and I will wall up2
- and to the masons2
- [one who] walls up1
- [who will] build1
- and you have walled up1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural2
- Hc/Vqq1cs2
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- Hc/Vqw2mp1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqp3ms · 3
- HC/Rd/Vqrmpa · 2
- Hc/Vqq1cs · 2
- HVqrmsa · 2
- Hc/Vqw2mp · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Kings2 of 10 · 20%
- Lamentations2 of 10 · 20%
- Ezekiel2 of 10 · 20%
- Job1 of 10 · 10%
- Isaiah1 of 10 · 10%
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2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 12:12וְלַגֹּֽדְרִים֙velagoderimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralmasons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.here: and to the masons
- 2 Kings 22:6וְלַגֹּֽדְרִ֑יםvelagoderimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralto the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.here: and to the masons
Lamentations2 occurrences
- Lamentations 3:7גָּדַ֧רgadarverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.here: he has walled up
- Lamentations 3:9גָּדַ֤רgadarverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.here: he has walled up
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 13:5וַתִּגְדְּר֥וּvatigderuHc/Vqw2mpYou did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.here: and you have walled up
- Ezekiel 22:30גֹּֽדֵר־goder-verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.here: [who will] build