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Meaning of Gideon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɡɪd.i.ən

Definitions

  1. A warrior judge of Israel mentioned in the book of Judges.
  2. A member of Gideons International, an evangelical Christian association, founded in 1899, that distributes free copies of the Bible.
  3. Initialism of Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network, a medical decision support tool.
  4. A male given name from Hebrew, popularized by Puritans.
  5. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
  6. A city in Missouri, United States; named for lumber businessman Frank Gideon.
  7. A census-designated place in Oklahoma, United States.

Equivalents

Español Gedeón
Suomi Gideon
Français Gédéon Gideon
עברית גדעון
Magyar Gedeon
Italiano Gedeone
한국어 기드온
Nederlands Gideon
Português Gideão
Русский Гедео́н

Examples

“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.”
““He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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