How to Pronounce Gederah
geh-DEE-ruh
Gederah is pronounced geh-DEE-ruh (gɛˈdiːrɑː): three syllables, stress on the second.
Where was Gederah?
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.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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