Definition of "Gideon"

Gideon

/ˈɡɪd.i.ən/

proper noun
1. A warrior judge of Israel mentioned in the book of Judges.
  Quotations
  And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Judges 7:7
2. A male given name from Hebrew, popularized by Puritans.
3. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
4. A city in Missouri, United States; named for lumber businessman Frank Gideon.
5. A census-designated place in Oklahoma, United States.
noun
plural Gideons
1. (Christianity) A member of Gideons International, an evangelical Christian association, founded in 1899, that distributes free copies of the Bible.