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Scripts גִּדְעוֹן (Hebrew)
Meaning & History
From the Hebrew name גִּדְעוֹן (Giḏʿon) meaning "feller, hewer", derived from גָּדַע (gaḏaʿ) meaning "to cut, to hew" [1] . Gideon is a hero and judge of the Old Testament. He led the vastly outnumbered Israelites against the Midianites, defeated them, and killed their two kings. In the English-speaking world, Gideon has been used as a given name since the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular among the Puritans.
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- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h1438, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h1438.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026