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Gideon
[ gid-ee-uhn ]
noun
- Also called Jerubbaal. (in the Bible) a judge of ancient Israel and conqueror of the Midianites.
- a member of the Gideons International, a society founded in 1899 to place Bibles in hotel rooms.
- a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “great destroyer.”
Gideon
/ ˈɡɪdɪən /
noun
- Old Testament a Hebrew judge who led the Israelites to victory over their Midianite oppressors (Judges 6:11–8:35)
Example Sentences
It’s with that kind of energy that Gideon is able to slip beneath.
A narrow favorite in the race, Gideon has attacked Collins for her support of the tax overhaul.
Gideon has no similar outside group supporting her and her campaign has received $242,000 in donations from people who work in private equity, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
If we look just at the polls-version of our forecast, Democrat Sara Gideon’s odds jump from around 6 in 10 to about 3 in 4 thanks to Gideon’s 6-point lead in our adjusted average of Senate polls.
That could very well happen in the Senate race, where Gideon leads Collins by just about 4 percent, with two independent candidates also in the race.
The 1961 trial involved Clarence Earl Gideon, who was charged in a Florida court with the felony burglary of a local pool hall.
My wife and I named our son Gideon after Tony had sounded Gideon's Trumpet.
Gideon wrote to the Supreme Court, arguing that his inability to obtain counsel effectively denied him a fair shake at trial.
Many jurisdictions have treated Gideon as an unfunded mandate.
Clarence Earl Gideon was arrested in 1961 and charged with breaking into a Florida pool hall.
Jael was a Hebrew Boadicea; Gideon, at the head of his three hundred men, might have been a hero of mediaeval romance.
Old Gideon took no notice, for leaning back against the wall he was softly snoring.
She has written another letter and in it she confesses—I don't know how to say it, Uncle Gideon.
I believe, sir, that in your smooth way you once took occasion to say that Gideon Batts was a loud-mouth and most imprudent man.
He turned away, and looking along the road that wound through the woods, he saw old Gideon coming.
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