גִּדְעוֹן
Gidʻôwn · ghid-ohn'
Gidon, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1438 (גָּדַע); feller (i.e. warrior);
Gidon, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Gideon.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › to see and know › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in that works to see and know that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גִּדְעוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
39 occurrences · 39 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and gideon15 · 38%
- unto gideon6 · 15%
- gideon3 · 8%
- and when gideon2 · 5%
- then gideon2 · 5%
- of gideon2 · 5%
- and of gideon2 · 5%
- upon gideon1 · 3%
- who is gideon1 · 3%
- and it was so, when gideon1 · 3%
- so gideon1 · 3%
- to gideon1 · 3%
- and it came to pass, as soon as gideon1 · 3%
- namely, gideon1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
- Judges39
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.