Γεδεών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן (giḏʿōn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡe.de.ɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡe.deˈon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝe.ðeˈon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝe.ðeˈon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝe.ðeˈon/
Proper noun
Γεδεών • (Gedeṓn) m (genitive Γεδεῶνος); third declension
- 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.
- ἐπιλείψει με γὰρ διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος περὶ Γεδεών, Βαράκ, Σαμψών, Ἰεφθάε, Δαυείδ τε καὶ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν προφητῶν
Usage notes
The word is only declined by Josephus.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Γεδεών ho Gedeṓn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Γεδεῶνος toû Gedeônos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Γεδεῶνῐ tōî Gedeônĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Γεδεῶνᾰ tòn Gedeônă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Γεδεών Gedeṓn | ||||||||||||
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