Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
wall
Usage: fence, wall Also means: ge.der (גֶּדֶר "wall" H1444)
Strong's Number
H1447
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
10
Books
7
Strong's H1447 Quick Answer
Strong's H1447 גָּדֵר (gader) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. gader (gaw-dare') n-m. 1. surrounded with a wall or rampart, a circumvallate 2. (by implication) an inclosure It has 10 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include wall, hedge, and walls. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- gader (gaw-dare') n-m. 1. surrounded with a wall or rampart, a circumvallate 2. (by implication) an inclosure
- Usage
- 10 linked usages
- Books
- 7 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- wall, hedge, and walls
Meaning and Definition
gader (gaw-dare') n-m. 1. surrounded with a wall or rampart, a circumvallate 2. (by implication) an inclosure [from H1443] KJV: fence, hedge, wall. Root(s): H1443
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1447. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H1447 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render gader, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
How Strong's H1447 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 10 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H1447 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H1447 in the Old Testament
10 indexed usages in Old Testament.
But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
Usage Excerpts
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1447.
But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
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.
And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1447, grouped by book.
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H1447 FAQ
What does gader (גָּדֵר) mean?
Gader (Strong's H1447) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "circumvallation". gader (gaw-dare') n-m. 1. surrounded with a wall or rampart, a circumvallate 2. (by implication) an inclosure
How many times is gader (גָּדֵר) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H1447 across 7 books.
Where can I study gader (גָּדֵר) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1447 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate gader (גָּדֵר)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as wall, hedge, and walls. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.