Gideon

[ gid-ee-uhn ]

noun

1. Also called Jerubbaal. a judge of Israel and conqueror of the Midianites. Judges 6–8.
2. a member of the Gideons International.
3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “great destroyer.”

Gideon

/ ˈɡɪdɪən /

noun

1. Old Testament a Hebrew judge who led the Israelites to victory over their Midianite oppressors (Judges 6:11–8:35)

Example Sentences

The 1961 trial involved Clarence Earl Gideon, who was charged in a Florida court with the felony burglary of a local pool hall.

From The Daily Beast

My wife and I named our son Gideon after Tony had sounded Gideon's Trumpet.

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Gideon wrote to the Supreme Court, arguing that his inability to obtain counsel effectively denied him a fair shake at trial.

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Many jurisdictions have treated Gideon as an unfunded mandate.

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Clarence Earl Gideon was arrested in 1961 and charged with breaking into a Florida pool hall.

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Jael was a Hebrew Boadicea; Gideon, at the head of his three hundred men, might have been a hero of mediaeval romance.

From Project Gutenberg

Old Gideon took no notice, for leaning back against the wall he was softly snoring.

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She has written another letter and in it she confesses—I don't know how to say it, Uncle Gideon.

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I believe, sir, that in your smooth way you once took occasion to say that Gideon Batts was a loud-mouth and most imprudent man.

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He turned away, and looking along the road that wound through the woods, he saw old Gideon coming.

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