Lexical Definition

‎עֵדֶר‎ ʻÊder (ay'-der) Eder ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎עֵדֶר‎

Edar, Eder.

• § Eder = "a flock"
• Eder, the name of an Israelite and of two places in Palestine

n pr m
1) a Merarite Levite in the time of David
n pr loc
2) a town in the extreme south of Judah on the border of Edom; site unknown

Extended Information

• a town in the extreme south of Judah on the border of Edom

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎עֵ֫דֶר‎ proper name, masculine (compare Nabataean proper name ‎עדרו‎ = Arabic Lzb³³⁷); — a Levite 1Chr 23:23; 1Chr 24:30, ᵐ5 Αιδαθ, Ηλα, A ᵐ5^L Εδερ.

III. ‎עֵ֫דֶר‎ proper name, of a location in extreme south of Judah Josh 15:21, site unknown; ᵐ5 Αρα, A Εδραι, ᵐ5^L Εβερ.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Eder_2 • A town in the Negev region of Judah.

Eder, a town located in the Negev region of Judah (Joshua 15:21).

• A location near Adadah עֲדְעָדָה only mentioned at Jos.15.21;
• only referred to as Eder עֵדֶר.
  

Eder was a town situated in the Negev, the southern region of the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah. It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in the list of towns and villages belonging to Judah (Joshua 15:21). The exact location of Eder is unknown, but it was likely located in the arid wilderness south of Hebron. As one of the towns in the Negev, Eder would have faced the challenges of limited water resources and harsh desert conditions.

All entries for Eder: עֵדֶר