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Jerubbaal

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[jer-uh-beyl, jer-uh-bey-uhl, -beyl] / ˈdʒɛr əˌbeɪl, ˌdʒɛr əˈbeɪ əl, -ˈbeɪl /

noun

  1. Gideon.


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In consequence of this speech Gideon received his second name of Jerubbaal.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, that is, "Let Baal plead."

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander

Jerubbaal of Judges is Jerubbeseth, 2 Samuel c.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

In their proper names; as among the former, Ethbaal, Jerubbaal; among the latter, Hannibal, Asdrubal.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann