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Gideon

Gideon (/ˈɡɪdiən/; Biblical Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹן, romanized: Giḏəʿón) also named Jerubbaal (יְרֻבַּעַל Yərubbaʿál) and Jerubbesheth (|יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת Yərubbéšeṯ) was an Israelite shopeṭ ("judge"), military leader, and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites is described in Judges 6–8 in the Hebrew Bible.

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Father
Joash
Predecessor
Deborah
Successor
Abimelech

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Triples187
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Military references · 30
Gideon → Almería, Archibald Strachan, Battle, Benedikt Gletting, British-led, Cabrera, Carbisdale, Covenanter, East African Campaign, El Junquito, Franco-Ottoman, Gaza, Israel, May, Much, Old Swiss Confederacy, Operation Gideon, Operation Gideon's Chariots, Poem, Ponce Giraldo
related to Night attack · 29
Gideon → After, As, Bethshean, Divided, During, Ephraimites, God, He, Israel, Israelite, It, Jether, Jordan, Judges, Midian, Midianite, Midianites, Orbo, Oreb, Peniel
related to Rabbinic commentary · 25
Gideon → According, Aud, But, Deborah, Egyptians, Elated, God, He, Israel, Israelites, Jews, Louis Ginzberg's Midrash, Midian, Midianite, Midianites, On, Passover, Sisera, The Legends, Their
related to Christian reception · 17
Gideon → Advent, Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholic Church, Christmas, Eastern Orthodox Church, Epistle, Fourth Sunday, He, Hebrews, In, July, New Testament, Old Testament, Roman Martyrology, Saints, September, Sunday
related to Gathering an army · 16
Gideon → Amalek, Asher, En Harod, Gideon's, God, Hill, Israelites, Jordan River, Judges, Manasseh, Midian, Midianites, Moreh, Naphtali, Only, Zebulun
related to history · 16
Gideon → According, Authors, Deuteronomic, Deuteronomistic, Elohist, However, In, Jahwist, Judges, Midianite, Ophrah, Pentateuchal, Second Temple, The, Zalmunna, Zebah
related to Calling · 14
Gideon → Abraham, Genesis, God, God's, Israel, Judges, Lord, Lord's, Mamre, Manasseh, Sarah, The, The Angel, The Lord
related to Names · 12
Gideon → According, Baal, Biblical, Jerubbaal, Judges, Lester Grabbe, Let Baal, Likewise, Simon John DeVries, Strong, Strong's Concordance, The
see also · 8
Gideon → BiblesTalut, Christian, Gideons International, Locked Tomb Series, Ninth, Quranic, Tamsyn MiurThe Golden Fleece, Western
related to Archaeological evidence · 7
Gideon → According, Book, Hebrew Bible, Israel, Jerubbaal, Judges, Smithsonian

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god judges men abimelech israel israelites midianites according also midianite narrative fleece name son baal man jerubbaal tribe manasseh victory

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GideonFatherJoash1.00infobox
GideonPredecessorDeborah1.00infobox
GideonSuccessorAbimelech1.00infobox
Gideonrelated to Archaeological evidenceJerubbaal0.60section
Gideonrelated to Archaeological evidenceHebrew Bible0.60section
Gideonrelated to Archaeological evidenceIsrael0.60section
Gideonrelated to Archaeological evidenceAccording0.60section
Gideonrelated to Archaeological evidenceSmithsonian0.60section
Gideonrelated to Archaeological evidenceBook0.60section
Gideonrelated to Archaeological evidenceJudges0.60section
Gideonrelated to CallingGod0.60section
Gideonrelated to CallingManasseh0.60section

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