Gideon
US/ˈɡɪd.i.ən/
Gideon proper noun: a warrior judge of Israel mentioned in the book of Judges.
Proper noun (1)
Gideon
- A warrior judge of Israel mentioned in the book of Judges.
- 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 7:7
- A male given name from Hebrew, popularized by Puritans.
- “He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter.2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2019
- An English surname originating as a patronymic.
- A city in Missouri, United States; named for lumber businessman Frank Gideon.
- A census-designated place in Oklahoma, United States.
Noun
Gideon (plural Gideons)
- A member of Gideons International, an evangelical Christian association, founded in 1899, that distributes free copies of the Bible.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: GIDEON
GIDEON
- Initialism of Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network, a medical decision support tool.
Gideon meaning in Hindi and Arabic
Gideon in Hindi
- biblical character
- गिदोन gidon
- male given name
- गिडियन giḍiyan
Gideon in Arabic
- biblical character
- جَدْعَوْن jadʕawn
Forms of Gideon
| plural | Gideons |
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Origin of Gideon
Borrowed from Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן (gid'ón, “Gideon”) ("feller", "hewer", "mighty warrior").
Words that rhyme with Gideon
- meridian
- quotidian
- Eridian
- euclidean
- Lydian
- nullifidian
- obsidian
- viridian
- aphidian
- ascidian
- enchiridion
- ophidian
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Questions about Gideon
- What does Gideon mean?
- Gideon means a warrior judge of Israel mentioned in the book of Judges.
- What is Gideon in Hindi?
- Gideon in Hindi is गिदोन (gidon), गिडियन (giḍiyan). See Gideon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Gideon?
- Gideon can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Gideon?
- Gideon is pronounced /ˈɡɪd.i.ən/ (US).
Words near Gideon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Gideon (page history and authors); GIDEON (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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