Γεδεών
From LSJ
Ξενία χαλεπὴ κατὰ πολλοὺς τρόπους → Gravis res multimodis peregrinatio → Die Fremde (Gastfreundschaft) ist in vieler Hinsicht eine Last
Spanish (DGE)
-ῶνος, ὁ
Gedeón juez de Israel, LXX Id.6.11, 13, 19, Ep.Hebr.11.32, I.AI 5.213.
English (Strong)
of Hebrew origin (גִּדְעוֹן); Gedeon (i.e. Gid(e)on), an Israelite: Gedeon (in the King James Version).
English (Thayer)
ὁ, indeclinable (in the Bible (cf. Buttmann, p. 15 (14)), and in Suidas (e. g. 1737a.); but) in Josephus, Antiquities 5,6 (3and) 4 Γεδεών, Γεδεωνος (גִּדעון cutting off (others, tree-feller i. e. mighty warrior), from גָּדַע), Gideon, a leader of the Israelites, who delivered them from the power of the Midianites (Judges 6-8): A. V. unfortunately follows the Greek spelling Gedeon).
