Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(sheepfolds), a town in the low country of Judah.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
GEDE'ROTH (sheep-cotes), a city in the plain of Judah; taken by the Philistines, Josh 15:41; 2 Chr 28:18. Warren suggests as its site Katrah, a village in the valley of Sorek, 3 miles south-west of 'Akir (Ekron).