Gideon

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biblical figure human judge of Israel military leader

Gideon is a biblical judge and military leader in the Hebrew Bible known for delivering Israel from Midianite oppression and for his testing of God with the fleece.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Gideon canonical	16

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical figure ⓘ human ⓘ judge of Israel ⓘ military leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jerubbaal ⓘ surface form: Jerub-Baal Jerubbaal ⓘ Ish-bosheth ⓘ surface form: Jerubbesheth
appearedTo	angel of the LORD ⓘ
biblicalBookChapter	Judges 6 ⓘ Judges ⓘ surface form: Judges 7 Judges ⓘ surface form: Judges 8
burialPlace	tomb of Joash his father in Ophrah ⓘ
clan	Abiezrite ⓘ
commissionedBy	YHWH ⓘ
constructed	ephod at Ophrah ⓘ
cutDown	Asherah pole ⓘ
describedIn	Judges ⓘ surface form: Book of Judges Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
destroyed	altar of Baal ⓘ
enemy	Amalekites ⓘ Midian ⓘ surface form: Midianites people of the East ⓘ
ethnicity	Israelite ⓘ
father	Joash ⓘ
fatherResidence	Ophrah of the Abiezrites ⓘ
givenName	Gideon self-link ⓘ
legacy	Israel had peace for forty years in his days ⓘ
militaryForceSize	300 men ⓘ
notableFor	delivering Israel from Midianite oppression ⓘ night attack on Midianite camp ⓘ reducing his army from 32000 to 300 men ⓘ testing God with the fleece ⓘ
offeredSacrificeAt	Ophrah ⓘ
performedSign	fleece dry and ground wet ⓘ fleece wet and ground dry ⓘ
refusedTitle	king of Israel ⓘ
religion	Yahwism ⓘ
role	deliverer of Israel ⓘ judge of Israel ⓘ
said	The LORD will rule over you ⓘ
son	Abimelech ⓘ
sonCount	seventy sons ⓘ
spouseCount	many wives ⓘ
timePeriod	period of the Judges ⓘ
tribe	Tribe of Manasseh ⓘ
weaponUsed	clay jars ⓘ torches ⓘ trumpets ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judges → featuresCharacter → Gideon ⓘ

subject surface form: Book of Judges

Hall of Faith → includesFigure → Gideon ⓘ

Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions) → associatedWithJudge → Gideon ⓘ

subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali

Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions) → calledToArmsBy → Gideon ⓘ

subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali

Gideon → givenName → Gideon self-link ⓘ

Abimelech → sonOf → Gideon ⓘ

Ernst Gideon von Laudon → givenName → Gideon ⓘ

Manasseh → associatedWithFigure → Gideon ⓘ

Tribe of Manasseh → notableDescendant → Gideon ⓘ

Gideon J. Pillow → givenName → Gideon ⓘ

Gideon Raff → givenName → Gideon ⓘ

Gideon → derivedFromGivenName → Gideon ⓘ

Gideon Pillow → givenName → Gideon ⓘ

Faith Hall of Fame → includesFigure → Gideon ⓘ

Gideon Sa’ar → givenName → Gideon ⓘ

Gideon Daniel Searle → givenName → Gideon ⓘ