A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.6.11; son of: Joash (H3101); father of: Jether (H3500), Abimelech (H0040H) and Jotham (H3147); also called Jerubbaal at Jdg.6.32; 7.1; 8.29,35; 9.1,2,5,16,19,24,28,57; 1xJerubbesheth at 2Sa.11.21; § Gideon = "hewer" youngest son of Joash of the Abiezrites, fifth judge of Israel who led the Israelites against the Midianites
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H1439 — גִּדְעוֹן
gid.on · Gideon · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Judges 6:11 · וְגִדְע֣וֹןThen the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.Judges 6:13 · גִּדְעוֹן֙“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”Judges 6:19 · וְגִדְע֣וֹןSo Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.Judges 6:22 · גִּדְע֔וֹן · גִּדְע֗וֹןWhen Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”Judges 6:24 · גִּדְע֤וֹןSo Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.Judges 6:27 · גִּדְע֜וֹןSo Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.Judges 6:29 · גִּדְעוֹן֙“Who did this?” they said to one another. And after they had investigated thoroughly, they were told, “Gideon son of Joash did it.”Judges 6:34 · גִּדְע֑וֹןSo the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.Judges 6:36 · גִּדְע֖וֹןThen Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,Judges 6:39 · גִּדְעוֹן֙Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”Judges 7:1 · גִדְע֗וֹןEarly in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.Judges 7:2 · גִּדְע֔וֹןThen the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’Judges 7:4 · גִּדְע֗וֹןThen the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”Judges 7:5 · גִּדְע֗וֹןSo Gideon brought the men down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”Judges 7:7 · גִּדְע֗וֹןThen the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”Judges 7:13 · גִדְע֔וֹןAnd as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”Judges 7:14 · גִּדְע֥וֹןHis friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”Judges 7:15 · גִּדְע֜וֹןWhen Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”Judges 7:18 · וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃ פWhen I and all who are with me blow our horns, then you are also to blow your horns from all around the camp and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”Judges 7:19 · גִ֠דְעוֹןGideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.Judges 7:20 · וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן׃The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”Judges 7:24 · גִּדְעוֹן֩Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.Judges 7:25 · גִּדְע֔וֹןThey also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.Judges 8:4 · גִדְע֖וֹןThen Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.Judges 8:7 · גִּדְע֔וֹן“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”Judges 8:11 · גִּדְע֗וֹןAnd Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.Judges 8:13 · גִּדְע֥וֹןAfter this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.Judges 8:21 · גִּדְע֗וֹןThen Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.Judges 8:22 · גִּדְע֔וֹןThen the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”Judges 8:23 · גִּדְע֔וֹןBut Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”Judges 8:24 · גִּדְע֗וֹןThen he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)Judges 8:27 · גִדְע֜וֹן · לְגִדְע֥וֹןFrom all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.Judges 8:28 · גִדְעֽוֹן׃ פIn this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,Judges 8:30 · וּלְגִדְע֗וֹןGideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.Judges 8:32 · גִּדְע֥וֹןLater, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.Judges 8:33 · גִּדְע֔וֹןAnd as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.Judges 8:35 · גִּדְע֑וֹןThey did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.