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Gedeon (in the King James Version)

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Greek form of Gideon

(Heb. 11:32³²And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: (Hebrews 11:32)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Hebrews 11:32³²And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: (Hebrews 11:32): same as GIDEON.

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

1066 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

Γεδεών

Transliteration:

Gedeon

Phonic:

ghed-eh-own’

Meaning:

of Hebrew origin (1439); Gedeon (i.e. Gid(e)on), an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Gedeon (in the King James Version)

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Distinguished stock; a great trunk of a tree:―Greek form of Gideon, Heb. 11:32. {Caudex eximius}