Gideon Bible

noun

1. a Bible purchased by members of a Christian organization ( Gideons ) and placed in a hotel room, hospital ward, etc

Example Sentences

At the Cambria Beach Lodge, where once you might have found a bedside Gideon Bible or a Magic Fingers vibrating mattress, now you borrow a bike to ride by Moonstone Beach or bathe with some of the motel’s goat’s milk soap.

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He’s currently trying to find the owner of two items: a dog tag found by a Naval contractor and a Gideon Bible from World War II.

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Rose pulled the Gideon Bible from the nightstand and flipped through it for inspiration before landing on Jeremiah 29:13.

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For solace, Roberto read the little blue Gideon Bible, one of a shipment of Bibles his aunt’s church in Nashville had sent to his church in Cubulco.

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The technician didn’t find any of those things, though from the pants he pulled a nearly empty wallet and a pocket-size Gideon Bible with a blue plastic cover.

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