- Gideon Bible
- Gid|e|on Bi|ble [ ,gıdiən `baıbl ] noun counta Bible put in a hotel room for the people staying there to read
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Gideon Bible
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Gideon Bible — [Gideon Bible] noun a copy of the Bible that has been left in a room in a hotel, hospital, etc. by the Gideons, a US Christian organization. They put Bibles in rooms in many countries around the world hoping that people will read them and learn… … Useful english dictionary
Gideon (Bible) — Gideon (Hebrew Name|גִּדְעוֹן|Gidʻon|Giḏʻôn), also known as Jerub Baal (from the Hebrew let Baal plead ), is a judge appearing in the Book of Judges, in the Bible. His story is told in [http://bibleresources.bible.com/passagesearchresults.php?pass… … Wikipedia
Gideon Bible — Internationaler Gideonbund ist die gängige deutsche Bezeichnung für The Gideons International . Die Gideons sind eine internationale Vereinigung evangelischer Geschäftsleute und Akademiker, gegründet 1899 in den USA. Ende April 2008 sind in 187… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Gideon Bible — /gɪdiən ˈbaɪbəl/ (say gideeuhn buybuhl) noun a Bible left in hotel rooms and elsewhere, financed by an interdenominational society (the Gideon Society or Gideons) founded in the US in 1899 …
Gideon Bible — Gid|e|on Bi|ble a Bible that is put in a hotel room or similar place by a member of a Christian organization called the Gideons, who encourage people to read the Bible by giving them a copy of it … Dictionary of contemporary English
Gideon Bible — n a copy of the Bible that has been left in a room in a hotel, hospital, etc. by the Gideons, a US Christian organization. They put Bibles in rooms in many countries around the world hoping that people will read them and learn about Christianity … Universalium
Gideon — Bible propagation society, 1906, formally Christian Commercial Young Men s Association of America, founded 1899. It takes its name from Gideon, Israelite judge and warrior [Judg. vi:11 viii:25], from Heb. Gidh on, lit. feller, from stem of gadha… … Etymology dictionary
GIDEON — (Heb. גִּדְעוֹן, derived from גדע; to cast down ), also called Jerubaal (Heb. יְרֻבַּעַל; let Baal contend, or let Baal replace, Judg. 6:32), son of Joash, the Abiezrite from ophrah , in the area of the tribe of Manasseh. Gideon is regarded as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gideon — [gid′ē ən] n. [Heb gidon, lit., hewer < gada, to hew] 1. a masculine name 2. Bible a judge of Israel and a leader in the defeat of the Midianites: Judg. 6 8 … English World dictionary
Gideon — For other uses, see Gideon (disambiguation). Judges in the Bible In the Book of Joshua: Joshua In the Book of Judges: Othniel • Ehud • Shamgar • Deborah • Barak† • Gideon • Abimelech† • Tola • Jair •Jephthah • Ibzan • Elon … Wikipedia
