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title: גִּדְעוֹן — Gideon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּדְעוֹן (1439), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 39 times: Gideon. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּדְעוֹן

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«גִּדְעוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Gideon** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 39 times · **Key:** 1439 · **BDB:** גִּדְעוֹן

### Glosses

Gideon (36); of.Gideon (2); \[is\].Gideon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Gideon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1439/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1439/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. judge of Israel Ju 6:11, 13, 19 + 36 times Ju 6–8;—called also יְרֻבַּעַל (q.v.) Ju 6:32; 7:1 etc., \& יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת (q.v.) 2 S 11:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּדְעוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1439/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 8:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.13/)

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וַיָּ֛שָׁב גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ מִן־הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה מִֽלְמַעֲלֵ֖ה הֶחָֽרֶס׃

*Word for word:* and he.returned Gideon the.son of.Joash from the battle from to the.ascent of.(the) Heres

*JPS 1917:* And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

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[Judges 8:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.30/)

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וּלְגִדְע֗וֹן הָיוּ֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים בָּנִ֔ים יֹצְאֵ֖י יְרֵכ֑וֹ כִּֽי־נָשִׁ֥ים רַבּ֖וֹת הָ֥יוּ לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and to Gideon they.belonged seventy sons \[who\].came.out his.thigh his (dm) wives many they.belonged to him

*JPS 1917:* And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

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