Gidom — the meaning of the Hebrew name גִּדְעֹם

גִּדְעֹם

Gidʻôm · pronounced ghid-ohm' · Strong's H1440 · a place

Gidom means a cutting (i.e. desolation).

Built from

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

Strong's definition

from H1438; a cutting (i.e. desolation); Gidom, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Judg 20:45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. (KJV)

Every verse that names Gidom

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Judges

Judg 20:45

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