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Gideon (Bible) — Gideon (Hebrew Name|גִּדְעוֹן|Gidʻon|Giḏʻôn), also known as Jerub Baal (from the Hebrew let Baal plead ), is a judge appearing in the Book of Judges, in the Bible. His story is told in [http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults.php?pass… … Wikipedia
GIDEON — (Heb. גִּדְעוֹן, derived from גדע; to cast down ), also called Jerubaal (Heb. יְרֻבַּעַל; let Baal contend, or let Baal replace, Judg. 6:32), son of Joash, the Abiezrite from ophrah , in the area of the tribe of Manasseh. Gideon is regarded as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gideon Bible — [Gideon Bible] noun a copy of the Bible that has been left in a room in a hotel, hospital, etc. by the Gideons, a US Christian organization. They put Bibles in rooms in many countries around the world hoping that people will read them and learn… … Useful english dictionary
Gideon — Bible propagation society, 1906, formally Christian Commercial Young Men s Association of America, founded 1899. It takes its name from Gideon, Israelite judge and warrior [Judg. vi:11 viii:25], from Heb. Gidh on, lit. feller, from stem of gadha… … Etymology dictionary
Gideon — [gid′ē ən] n. [Heb gidon, lit., hewer < gada, to hew] 1. a masculine name 2. Bible a judge of Israel and a leader in the defeat of the Midianites: Judg. 6 8 … English World dictionary
Gideon — For other uses, see Gideon (disambiguation). Judges in the Bible In the Book of Joshua: Joshua In the Book of Judges: Othniel • Ehud • Shamgar • Deborah • Barak† • Gideon • Abimelech† • Tola • Jair •Jephthah • Ibzan • Elon … Wikipedia
BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gideon Bible — Internationaler Gideonbund ist die gängige deutsche Bezeichnung für The Gideons International . Die Gideons sind eine internationale Vereinigung evangelischer Geschäftsleute und Akademiker, gegründet 1899 in den USA. Ende April 2008 sind in 187… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Bible — For other uses, see Bible (disambiguation). The Gutenberg Bible, the first printed Bible … Wikipedia
Bible translations into Chinese — Frederick W. Baller, C. Goodrich, Calvin Wilson Mateer, Spencer Lewis, and George Sydney Owen each with expert Chinese language assistants[1] Chinese Bible translations mean all works on translating whole or parts of the Bible into the many… … Wikipedia
Gideon — Gédéon (Bible) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Gédéon (homonymie). Gédéon ou Gideon (en hébreu: גדעון Guide on), également connu sous le nom de Yeroubbaal ( Que Baal se défende! ), est un personnage biblique du Livre des Juges (chapitres 6 à 8) … Wikipédia en Français
