Gideon

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

Canada//ˈɡɪd.i.ən//

A warrior judge of Israel mentioned in the book of Judges.

proper noun

1
A warrior judge of Israel mentioned in the book of Judges.
And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
2
A male given name from Hebrew, popularized by Puritans.
“He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter.
3
An English surname originating as a patronymic.
4
A city in Missouri, United States; named for lumber businessman Frank Gideon.
5
A census-designated place in Oklahoma, United States.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן (gid'ón, “Gideon”) ("feller", "hewer", "mighty warrior").

noun

1
A member of Gideons International, an evangelical Christian association, founded in 1899, that distributes free copies of the Bible.

Forms

plural: Gideons

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Gideon · A warrior judge of Israel mentioned in the book of Judges.

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