Gideon Definition & Meaning

Origin of Gideon

From Gideons International formerly the Gideon Society after Gideon

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

What `Ophrah became on a small scale in the days of Gideon, Jerusalem became on a larger scale in the days of David and his successors.
The interest felt by German literary men in Shaftesbury was revived by the publication of two excellent monographs, one dealing with him mainly from the theological side by Dr Gideon Spicker (Freiburg in Baden, 1872), the other dealing with him mainly from the philosophical side by Dr Georg von Gizycki (Leipzig, 1876).
Due to low ratings, Gideon's Crossing was cancelled in April 2001 after only 20 episodes.
In this way `Ophrah became the centre of the coalition under Gideon in the tribe of Manasseh.
Other precursors of the modern school were the poet and philologist Francis Verseghy, whose works extend to nearly forty volumes; the gifted didactic prose writer, Joseph 'Carman; the metrical rhymster, Gideon Raday; the lyric poets, Ssentjebi Szabo, Janos Bacsanyi, and the short-lived Gabriel Dayka, whose posthumous " Verses " were published in 1813 by Kazinczy.

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