גִּדְעוֹן H1439
Gideon — Israelite judge from Manasseh who defeated Midian with 300 men by divine command (Judges 6-8)
A theophoric name meaning 'hewer' or 'one who cuts down,' borne by the fifth major judge of Israel from the clan of Abiezer in Manasseh. Called by the angel of YHWH at the winepress of Ophrah (Judg 6:11), Gideon tore down his father's Baal altar — earning the alternate name Jerubbaal, 'let Baal contend' (Judg 6:32). His famous reduction of 32,000 troops to 300 (Judg 7:7) dramatizes the principle that deliverance belongs to God, not human strength. The name appears 39 times, exclusively in Judges 6-8.
Senses
1. Gideon (proper name) — The proper name of Israel's fifth judge, appearing in all 39 occurrences within Judges 6-8. Multilingual renderings preserve the Hebrew phonology with minimal adaptation — Spanish 'Guidón,' French 'Gédéon,' German and English 'Gideon' — reflecting the name's widespread familiarity through the biblical narrative of the fleece, the 300 warriors, and the rout of Midian. 39×
AR["جِدْعونَ", "جِدْعونُ", "جِدْعُون"]·ben["গিদিয়োন", "গিদিয়োনকে", "গিদিয়োনের"]·DE["Gideon"]·EN["Gideon"]·FR["Gédéon"]·heb["גדעון"]·HI["गिदोन", "गिदोन-की", "गिदोन-के", "गिदोन-ने"]·ID["Gideon"]·IT["Gedeone"]·jav["Gideon"]·KO["기드온에게", "기드온을", "기드온의", "기드온이", "기드온이다"]·PT["Gid'on"]·RU["Гидеон", "Гидеона", "Гидеону"]·ES["Guidón"]·SW["Gideoni"]·TR["Doğu", "Gideon", "Yahve", "böyle", "gönderdi", "herkes", "kesilmiş", "oğlu", "sunak", "ve-meleği"]·urd["جدعون", "جدعون-نے", "جدعون-کی"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
גִּדְעוֹן n.pr.m. judge of Israel Ju 6:11, 13, 19 + 36 times Ju 6–8;—called also יְרֻבַּעַל (q.v.) Ju 6:32; 7:1 etc., & יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת (q.v.) 2 S 11:21.