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Gideon

son of Joash (JDG 6:11) who torn down the altar to Baal (JDG 6:25)

PersonTribe of Manassehmale53 verses
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Names

  • Gideon — גִּדְעוֹן gidəon “one who cuts, hacks” (H1439) · Γεδεων Gedeōn (G1066) — Judges 6:11
  • Jerubbaal — יְרֻבַּ֣עַל yərubaal “Baal contends” (H3378) · [none] — Judges 6:32

Family

Associations

Dated events

  • Beginning of Gideon's time as judge of Israel* — 2,801 AH · 1,245 BC (Ussher) — Judges 8:28
  • End of Gideon's time as judge of Israel* — 2,841 AH · 1,236 BC (Ussher) — Judges 8:28

Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.

Named together

Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.

Appearances

Topical references

Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.