Bible Dictionary

Gederothaim

The name Gederothaim means “hedges”.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(two sheepfolds), a town in the low country of Judah, (Joshua 15:36) named next in order to Gederah.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

ged-e-ro-tha'-im (gedherathayim, "place of enclosures"): Stands as the 15th in a list which professes to give only the names of 14 cities in the Judean Shephelah (Jos 15:36). the King James Version margin suggests that we might read "or" for "and" after Gederah, but this is impossible. Septuagint reads, "and its cattle shelters." Probably, however, the name has arisen by dittography from the preceding GEDERAH (which see).