Γεδεών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew גִּדְעוֹן (giḏʿōn).

Pronunciation
 

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
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