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גָּדַר H1443
H1443 is the Hebrew word גָּדַר, transliterated gâdar and said gaw-dar'. The King James Version most often renders it masons.
What it means
to wall in or around.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 10 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer.
Verses using גָּדַר
All 10 verses, quoted in full.
2 Kings 12:12 · KJV
And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
2 Kings 22:6 · KJV
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
Job 19:8 · KJV
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Isaiah 58:12 · KJV
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Lamentations 3:7 · KJV
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Lamentations 3:9 · KJV
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Ezekiel 13:5 · KJV
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.
Ezekiel 22:30 · KJV
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.
Hosea 2:6 · KJV
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Amos 9:11 · KJV
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
Common questions
What does Strong's H1443 mean?
H1443 is the Hebrew word גָּדַר (gâdar), meaning to wall in or around.
How is H1443 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it masons (2 times), fenced up (1 time), repairer (1 time), hedged (1 time), inclosed (1 time), among others.
How many times does H1443 appear in the Bible?
גָּדַר (gâdar) is tagged in 10 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1443 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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