Gideon

American  

[gid-ee-uhn] / ˈgɪd i ən /

noun

1. Also called Jerubbaal.  (in the Bible) a judge of ancient Israel and conqueror of the Midianites.

2. a member of the Gideons International, a society founded in 1899 to place Bibles in hotel rooms.

3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “great destroyer.”

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Gideon British  

/ ˈɡɪdɪən /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Gideon Rabinowitz, 64, lives in Newbury, Berkshire, and is a recent victim of smishing.

From BBC

As Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar put it, “The Jewish rioters in Judea and Samaria harm the State of Israel, disgrace Judaism, and cause damage to the settlement project. They are not us. They are not the State of Israel.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Senate race – one that nearly every analyst, myself included, thought Collins was doomed to lose to Democrat Sara Gideon – makes that reality clear.

From Salon

Platner’s in-state share is higher and more geographically diffuse than Gideon’s 2020 campaign.

From Salon

Then, in what became Maine’s most expensive Senate race, just 4% of Gideon’s war chest was homegrown.

From Salon