Gideon
pronunciation
How to pronounce Gideon in British English:
UK [ˈɡidiən]
How to pronounce Gideon in American English:
US [ˈɡɪdiən]
Word Origin
- Gideon
- masc. proper name, name of an Israelite judge and warrior [Judges vi:11-viii:25], from Hebrew Gidh'on, literally "feller," from stem of gadha "he cut off, hewed, felled." In reference to the Bible propagation society, 1906, formally Christian Commercial Young Men's Association of America, founded 1899. The hotel room Gideon Bible so called by 1922.
Example
- 1. How did gideon levy become so different to his countrymen ?
- 2. Gideon levy is the most hated man in israel and perhaps the most heroic .
- 3. Slide open the drawer beside your hotel bed and , in many cities , you will find a gideon 's bible .
- 4. In the meantime , gideon levy will carry on patiently documenting his country 's crimes , and trying to call his people back to a righteous path .
- 5. One suspects that this is one of those mixed results in which the bible frankly abounds , like the account of gideon , or of jephthah , or of samson .