How to Pronounce Gideon
GIHD-ee-uhn
Gideon is pronounced GIHD-ee-uhn (ˈɡɪdiən): three syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: GID-ee-un, GID-ee-uhn.
What does Gideon mean?
Gideon means “he that bruises or breaks; a destroyer”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Gideon?
Gideon, also called Jerubbaal, was one of the judges of Israel, the son of Joash the Abiezrite of the tribe of Manasseh; the angel of the LORD called him while he was threshing wheat in secret to hide it from the Midianites (Judges 6:11). With only three hundred men the LORD used him to rout the Midianite host (Judges 7:7), and afterward he refused Israel's offer to make him king, saying the LORD would rule over them (Judges 8:23).
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