Gideon

Gideon

See also: GIDEON

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן‎ (gid'ón, “Gideon”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Gideon

1. A warrior judge of Israel mentioned in the book of Judges.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 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.

Translations

biblical character

Aghwan: 𐔲𐔴𐔳𐔴𐕒𐕎 (gedeon) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 基甸 (zh) (Jīdiàn) Dutch: Gideon (nl) Esperanto: Gideon Finnish: Gideon French: Gédéon (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can Greek: Ancient: Γεδεών m (Gedeṓn) Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹן‎ (gid'ón) Hungarian: Gedeon (hu) Italian: Gedeone (it) Maore Comorian: Jideoni Norman: Gudgion m Russian: Гедео́н m (Gedeón) Spanish: Gedeón

male given name

French: Gédéon (fr) Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹן‎ (gid'ón) Italian: Gedeone (it) Norman: Gudgion m, Gédéon m Ukrainian: Ґедео́н m (Gedeón)

Noun

Gideon (plural Gideons)

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

Anagrams

• doeing

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣi.deːˌɔn/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Gi‧de‧on

Proper noun

Gideon m

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

Derived terms

• gideonsbende

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Finnish

Etymology

From Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן‎ (gid'ón).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Gideon

1. Gideon (biblical character)
2. (rare) a male given name
3. The letter “G” in the Finnish tavausaakkoset, a spelling system similar to the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Declension

Inflection of Gideon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Gideon	Gideonit
genitive		Gideonin	Gideonien
partitive		Gideonia	Gideoneja
illative		Gideoniin	Gideoneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Gideon	Gideonit
accusative	nom.	Gideon	Gideonit
	gen.	Gideonin
genitive		Gideonin	Gideonien
partitive		Gideonia	Gideoneja
inessive		Gideonissa	Gideoneissa
elative		Gideonista	Gideoneista
illative		Gideoniin	Gideoneihin
adessive		Gideonilla	Gideoneilla
ablative		Gideonilta	Gideoneilta
allative		Gideonille	Gideoneille
essive		Gideonina	Gideoneina
translative		Gideoniksi	Gideoneiksi
instructive		—	Gideonein
abessive		Gideonitta	Gideoneitta
comitative		—	Gideoneineen

Possessive forms of Gideon (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Gideonini	Gideonimme
2nd person	Gideonisi	Gideoninne
3rd person	Gideoninsa

Anagrams

• dogien