Bible Dictionary

Gedor

A wall. (1.) A city in the mountains or hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:58), identified with Jedar, between Jerusalem and Hebron. (2.) 1 Chr. 4:39, the Gederah of Josh. 15:36, or the well-known Gerar…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

A wall. ) A city in the mountains or hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:58), identified with Jedar, between Jerusalem and Hebron. ) 1 Chr. 4:39, the Gederah of Josh. 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). ) A town apparently in Benjamin (1 Chr. 12:7), the same probably as Geder (Josh. 12:13).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(a wall), a town int he 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.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

GE'DOR (wall). 1, 2. Two names in the genealogy of Judah. 1 Chr 4:4, 1 Chr 4:18. A Benjamite name in Saul's genealogy. 1 Chr 8:31; 1 Chr 9:37.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

GE'DOR (wall). A town in the hill-country of Judah, Josh 15:58; probably Jedar, 8 miles north of Hebron. A town apparently of Benjamin, 2 Chr 12:7, and probably the same as Geder of Josh 12:13. Gedor of 1 Chr 4:39 was probably between Judah and Mount Seir. The Septuagint calls it Gerar.