Definition
a primitive root; to wall in or around
Traditional renderings: close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer.
Traditional renderings: close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גָּדַר:
- ἀνοικοδομέωanoikodomeō“to rebuild”67%
- ἀναστρέφωanastrephō“to live/return”17%
- συνάγωsunagō“to assemble”17%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
10 total
- 2 Kings 12:12וְלַגֹּֽדְרִים֙ · masons…masons, 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.
- 2 Kings 22:6וְלַגֹּֽדְרִ֑ים · and masons…to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.
- Job 19:8גָ֭דַר · He has blockedHe has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
- Isaiah 58:12גֹּדֵ֣ר · RepairerYour people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
- Lamentations 3:7גָּדַ֧ר · He has walled me inHe has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
- Lamentations 3:9גָּדַ֤ר · He has barredHe has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
- Ezekiel 13:5וַתִּגְדְּר֥וּ · or restoreYou 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.
- Ezekiel 22:30גֹּֽדֵר־ · to repairI 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.
- Hosea 2:6וְגָֽדַרְתִּי֙ · I will enclose her with a wallTherefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
- Amos 9:11וְגָדַרְתִּ֣י · I will repair“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,