Strong's Hebrew · H1448
גְּדֵרָה
gᵉdêrâh · ghed-ay-raw'
(sheep-) cote (fold) hedge, wall.
Definition
enclosure (especially for flocks)
Derivation
feminine of H1447 (גָּדֵר);
Appears 9 times in Scripture
“Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.”
“Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.”
“Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.”
“And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.”
“You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.”
“Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.”
“Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.”
“Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.””
“So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.”
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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).