Gideon

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪd.i.ən/
• Rhymes: -ɪdiən

Gideon

1. A warrior judge of Israel mentioned in the book of Judges.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 7:7:

     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.
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.

Gideon (plural Gideons)

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

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Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן (“smasher, feller”), perhaps influenced by Latin Gedeon, from Ancient Greek Γεδεων (Gedeōn).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣi.deːˌɔn/

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• Hyphenation: Gi‧de‧on

Gideon m

1. Gideon (biblical character)
2. a male given name

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From Biblical Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן (gid'ón).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡideon/, [ˈɡide̞o̞n]
• Rhymes: -ideon
• Syllabification^(key): Gi‧de‧on

Gideon

1. Gideon (biblical character)
2. (rare) a male given name
3. The letter G in the Finnish spelling alphabet.

• The given name Gideon belongs to 31 male individuals (and as a middle name to 165 more, making it much more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

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