Dictionaries :: Gedor

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Gedor:

a wall. (1.) A city in the mountains or hill country of Judah (Jos 15:58), identified with Jedar, between Jerusalem and Hebron.

(2.) 1Ch 4:39, the Gederah of Jos 15:36, or the well-known Gerar, as the LXX. read, where the patriarchs of old had sojourned and fed their flocks (Gen 20:1,14,15; 26:1,6,14).

(3.) A town apparently in Benjamin (1Ch 12:7), the same probably as Geder (Jos 12:13).

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Gedor:

ge'-dor (gedhor; Codex Vaticanus, Geddor, Codex Alexandrinus, Gedor):

(1) A town in the mountains of Judah, named with Halhul and Beth-zur (Jos 15:58). It seems to be referred to by Eusebius as Gadeira (Onomasticon, under the word), which he identifies with Gaidora (Jerome calls it Gadora), a village in the borders of Jerusalem, near the terebinth. It is probably represented today by Khirbet Jedur, about 7 miles North of Hebron (PEF, III, 313, Sh XXI).

(2) Among the Benjamites who joined David at Ziklag were the sons of Jeroham of Gedor (1Ch 12:7). No trace of this name is found in the territory of Benjamin. It may be identical with (1).

(3) The Simeonites are said to have gone to the entering in of Gedor in search of pasture for their flocks. They smote and expelled the Meunim, "and dwelt in their stead" (1Ch 4:39 ). Here the Septuagint reads Gerar, and this is probably correct.

(4) A family in Judah (1Ch 4:4).

(5) An ancestor of Saul (1Ch 8:31).

Written by W. Ewing

Nave's Topical Bible

Gedor: 1. A City in the Mountains of the Tribe of Judah

Jos 15:58

Gedor: 2. The Town of Jeroham

1Ch 12:7

Possibly identical with GEDER, which see.

Gedor: 3. Valley Of

Taken by Simeonites,

1Ch 4:39.

See GEDER.

Gedor: 4. An Ancestor of Saul

1Ch 8:31; 9:37

Gedor: 5. Either a Place or a Person, Authorities Disagree

1Ch 4:4, 18

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Gedor:

(a wall) a town in the mountainous part of Judah (Joshua 15:58) a few miles north of Hebron. Robinson discovered a Jedur halfway between Bethlehem and Hebron, about two miles west of the road.