Easton's Bible Dictionary The fortress; a fortified place, a town in the plain (shephelah) of Judah (Joshua 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. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia GEDERAH; GEDERATHITE ge-de'-ra, ge-de'-ra-thit (ha-gedherah, "the enclosed place"): A town in the Shephelah of Judah, named with Socoh, Azekah, Shaaraim and Adithaim (Joshua 15:36). In 1 Chronicles 4:23 the Revised Version (British and American) reads, "the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah," for the King James Version, "those that dwelt among plants and hedges." It is probably represented by Khirbet Jadireh, about 3 miles Southwest of Gezer. "Gederathite," applied to Jozabad (1 Chronicles 12:4), probably meant an inhabitant of this place.

Multi-Version Concordance Gederah (2 Occurrences) Joshua 15:36 Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim); fourteen cities with their villages. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 4:23 These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they lived with the king for his work. (WEB ASV NAS NIV)