Etymology

GIDEON

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Today it means: A member of Gideons International, an evangelical Christian association, founded in 1899, that distributes free copies of the Bible. Full definition →

Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromגִּדְעוֹן“Gideon”
  2. English todayGideon

Borrowed from Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן (gid'ón, “Gideon”) ("feller", "hewer", "mighty warrior").

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