Gideon
See also: GIDEON
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪd.i.ən/
Proper noun
Gideon
- A warrior judge of Israel mentioned in the book of Judges.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Judges 7:7:
- And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
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- A male given name, popularized by Puritans.
Translations
biblical character
Noun
Gideon (plural Gideons)
- (religion) A member of Gideons International, an evangelical Christian association, founded in 1899, that distributes free copies of the Bible.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡideon/, [ˈɡide̞o̞n]
Proper noun
Gideon
- Gideon (biblical character)
- (rare) A male given name.
- The letter “G” in the Finnish tavausaakkoset, a spelling system similar to the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Declension
| Inflection of Gideon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Gideon | Gideonit | |
| genitive | Gideonin | Gideonien | |
| partitive | Gideonia | Gideoneja | |
| illative | Gideoniin | Gideoneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Gideon | Gideonit | |
| accusative | nom. | Gideon | Gideonit |
| gen. | Gideonin | ||
| genitive | Gideonin | Gideonien | |
| partitive | Gideonia | Gideoneja | |
| inessive | Gideonissa | Gideoneissa | |
| elative | Gideonista | Gideoneista | |
| illative | Gideoniin | Gideoneihin | |
| adessive | Gideonilla | Gideoneilla | |
| ablative | Gideonilta | Gideoneilta | |
| allative | Gideonille | Gideoneille | |
| essive | Gideonina | Gideoneina | |
| translative | Gideoniksi | Gideoneiksi | |
| instructive | — | Gideonein | |
| abessive | Gideonitta | Gideoneitta | |
| comitative | — | Gideoneineen | |
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