gederah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
gederah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.
gederah in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(a sheepfold), a town of Judah in the lowland country, #Jos 15:36| apparently in its eastern part. No town bearing this name has, however, been yet discovered in this hitherto little-explored district.
gederah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
GEDE'RAH (sheep-cote). 1. A town near the valley of Elah, and in the lowlands of Judah. Josh 15:36; now Jedireh, 9 miles south of Ludd. 2. A town in Benjamin. 1 Chr 12:4; now Jedireh, No. 2, 6 miles north-west of Jerusalem.
gederah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("the sheepcote".) A town of Judah in the shephelah, or hills between the mountains and plain (Joshua 15:36). Near the "valley of the terebinth", near Azekah and Socoh. (See ELAH.) GEDEROTH "sheepcotes", and GEDEROTHAIM "two sheepcotes", were in the same region (Joshua 15:41).