Γεδεών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן (giḏʿōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.de.ɔ̌ːn/ → /ʝe.ðeˈon/ → /ʝe.ðeˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.de.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡe.deˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.ðeˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.ðeˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝe.ðeˈon/

Proper noun

Γεδεών • (Gedeṓn) m (genitive Γεδεῶνος); third declension

1. Gideon
   • New Testament, Hebr. 11:32:

     ἐπιλείψει με γὰρ διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος περὶ Γεδεών, Βαράκ, Σαμψών, Ἰεφθάε, Δαυείδ τε καὶ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν προφητῶν

     epileípsei me gàr diēgoúmenon ho khrónos perì Gedeṓn, Barák, Sampsṓn, Iephtháe, Daueíd te kaì Samouḕl kaì tôn prophētôn

     For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.

Usage notes

The word is only declined by Josephus.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Γεδεών; τοῦ Γεδεῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Γεδεών ho Gedeṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Γεδεῶνος toû Gedeônos
Dative	τῷ Γεδεῶνῐ tôi Gedeôni
Accusative	τὸν Γεδεῶνᾰ tòn Gedeôna
Vocative	Γεδεών Gedeṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• G1066 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible