Strong's Hebrew · H1443

גָּדַר

gâdar · gaw-dar'

close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer.

Definition

to wall in or around

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 10 times in Scripture

Ezekiel 13:5

You 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.

2 Kings 12:12

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.

Hosea 2:6

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.

Isaiah 58:12

Your 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.

2 Kings 22:6

to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.

Lamentations 3:9

He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.

Ezekiel 22:30

I 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.

Job 19:8

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

Lamentations 3:7

He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

Amos 9:11

“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,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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