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Gideon — the meaning of the Hebrew name גִּדְעוֹן

גִּדְעוֹן

Gidʻôwn · pronounced ghid-ohn' · Strong's H1439 · a man

Gideon means feller (i.e. warrior).

Built from

גָּדַע gâdaʻ (from, H1438) — to fell a tree open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H1438; feller (i.e. warrior); Gidon, an Israelite.

First appearance

Judg 6:11 And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. (KJV)

Every verse that names Gideon

37 occurrences in 37 verses — Judges

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