Lexical Summary Gedeōn: Gideon, an Israelite Original Word: ΓεδεώνTransliteration: Gedeōn Phonetic Spelling: (ghed-eh-own') Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Gideon, an Israelite Meaning: Gideon -- an Israelite Strong's Concordance Gideon. Of Hebrew origin (Gid'own); Gedeon (i.e. Gid(e)on), an Israelite -- Gedeon (in the King James Version). see HEBREW Gid'own Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1066: ΓεδεώνΓεδεών, ὁ, indeclinable (in the Bible (cf. Buttmann, p. 15 (14)), and in Suidas (e. g. 1737 a.); but) in Josephus, Antiquities 5, 6 (3 and) 4 Γεδεών, Γεδεωνος (גִּדעון cutting off (others, tree-feller i. e. mighty warrior), from גָּדַע ), Gideon, a leader of the Israelites, who delivered them from the power of the Midianites (Judges 6-8): Hebrews 11:32 (where A. V. unfortunately follows the Greek spelling Gedeon). |
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