Word Study · Strong's H1439 · Hebrew
גִּדְעוֹן
Gidon
ghid-ohn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Gidʻôwn
“Gidon, an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Gidon, an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Gideon.
- 39occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 20inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 39 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 20
- גִּדְע֔וֹן7
- גִּדְע֗וֹן7
- גִּדְעוֹן֙3
- גִּדְע֥וֹן3
- גִּדְע֜וֹן2
- גִּדְע֑וֹן2
- וְגִדְע֣וֹן2
- גִדְע֗וֹן1
- גִדְע֔וֹן1
- גִ֠דְעוֹן1
- גִדְע֖וֹן1
- גִדְע֜וֹן1
and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 6
- Gideon32
- and for Gideon2
- and Gideon2
- [is] Gideon1
- and to Gideon1
- for Gideon1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)33
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 33
- HC/R/Npm · 3
- HC/Npm · 2
- HR/Npm · 1
All 39, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Judges39 occurrences
- Judges 6:11וְגִדְע֣וֹןvegidonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.here: and Gideon
- Judges 6:13גִּדְעוֹן֙gidonproper noun (a name)“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”here: Gideon
- Judges 6:19וְגִדְע֣וֹןvegidonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.here: and Gideon
- Judges 6:22גִּדְע֔וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”here: Gideon
- Judges 6:22גִּדְע֗וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”here: Gideon
- Judges 6:24גִּדְע֤וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.here: Gideon
- Judges 6:27גִּדְע֜וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.here: Gideon
- Judges 6:29גִּדְעוֹן֙gidonproper noun (a name)“Who did this?” they said to one another. And after they had investigated thoroughly, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”here: Gideon
- Judges 6:34גִּדְע֑וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.here: Gideon
- Judges 6:36גִּדְע֖וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,here: Gideon
- Judges 6:39גִּדְעוֹן֙gidonproper noun (a name)Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”here: Gideon
- Judges 7:1גִדְע֗וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.here: [is] Gideon
- Judges 7:2גִּדְע֔וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’here: Gideon
- Judges 7:4גִּדְע֗וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”here: Gideon
- Judges 7:5גִּדְע֗וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”here: Gideon
- Judges 7:7גִּדְע֗וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”here: Gideon
- Judges 7:13גִדְע֔וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”here: Gideon
- Judges 7:14גִּדְע֥וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”here: Gideon
- Judges 7:15גִּדְע֜וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”here: Gideon
- Judges 7:18וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃ פulegidonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)When I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”here: and for Gideon
- Judges 7:19גִ֠דְעוֹןgidonproper noun (a name)Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.here: Gideon
- Judges 7:20וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃ulegidonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”here: and for Gideon
- Judges 7:24גִּדְעוֹן֩gidonproper noun (a name)Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.here: Gideon
- Judges 7:25גִּדְע֔וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.here: Gideon
- Judges 8:4גִדְע֖וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.here: Gideon
- Judges 8:7גִּדְע֔וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”here: Gideon
- Judges 8:11גִּדְע֗וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.here: Gideon
- Judges 8:13גִּדְע֥וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.here: Gideon
- Judges 8:21גִּדְע֗וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.here: Gideon
- Judges 8:22גִּדְע֔וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”here: Gideon
- Judges 8:23גִּדְע֔וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”here: Gideon
- Judges 8:24גִּדְע֗וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)here: Gideon
- Judges 8:27גִדְע֜וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.here: Gideon
- Judges 8:27לְגִדְע֥וֹןlegidonpreposition + proper noun (a name)From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.here: for Gideon
- Judges 8:28גִדְעֽוֹן׃ פgidonproper noun (a name)In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,here: Gideon
- Judges 8:30וּלְגִדְע֗וֹןulegidonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.here: and to Gideon
- Judges 8:32גִּדְע֥וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.here: Gideon
- Judges 8:33גִּדְע֔וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.here: Gideon
- Judges 8:35גִּדְע֑וֹןgidonproper noun (a name)They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.here: Gideon