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Gideon

American

[gid-ee-uhn] / ˈgɪd i ən /

noun

Also called Jerubbaal. (in the Bible) a judge of ancient Israel and conqueror of the Midianites.
a member of the Gideons International, a society founded in 1899 to place Bibles in hotel rooms.
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “great destroyer.”

Gideon British

/ ˈɡɪdɪən /

noun

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

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I needed a second opinion before tossing mine, so I asked Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, a regular Slate contributor and epidemiologist for his take.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2026

There are about 3m legally held firearms in South Africa and at least the same number of unlicensed weapons, according to statistics cited by Gideon Joubert from the South African Gunowners' Association,

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

Ortagus was a day earlier in Jerusalem where she met Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Gideon Rose, a former editor of Foreign Affairs magazine and an adjunct assistant professor at Barnard College, said his course for Palantir fellows didn’t involve ideological or politically partisan perspectives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

In the silence of Miss Sadie's kitchen, I thought of Gideon.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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