Gederah
City
The fortress; a fortified place, a town in the plain (shephelah) of Judah (Josh. 15:36). This is a very common Canaanite and Phoenician name. It is the feminine form of Geder (12:13); the plural form is Gederoth (15:41). This place has by some been identified with Jedireh, a ruin 9 miles from Lydda, toward Eleutheropolis, and 4 miles north of Sur’ah (Zorah), in the valley of Elah.
Named in 3 verses
- Joshua 15:36 Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim); fourteen cities with their villages.
- 1 Chronicles 4:23 These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work.
- 1 Chronicles 12:4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty and a leader of the thirty; Jeremiah; Jahaziel; Johanan; Jozabad the Gederathite;