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Gideons International is an Evangelical Christian association for men founded in 1899 in Janesville, Wisconsin.The Gideons' primary activity, along with their wives in the Auxiliary, is "encouraging each other to do the work of the Lord, focusing on who they are before God, and strengthening the power of their personal testimony for the Lord Jesus Christ".
Gideon (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ d i ə n /; Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹן, Modern: Gīdʿōn, Tiberian: Gīḏəʿōn) also named Jerubbaal [a] and Jerubbesheth, [b] [1] was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in Judges 6–8 of the Book of Judges in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible.
Gideon Planish, 1943 novel by Sinclair Lewis; The Gideon Trilogy, 2006 science fiction book series; Gideon the Ninth, 2019 science fantasy novel; Gideon Nav, a protagonist in The Locked Tomb series of novels. Cavalier primary to the Reverend Daughter of Drearburh; Gideon Fell, a fictional detective in novels created by John Dickson Carr
Bob Barker, the longtime host of “The Price Is Right,” died at age 99. For 36 years, Barker was married to Dorothy Jo Gideon. The couple wed in 1945 and were married until her death in 1981.
The first name started gaining use in the United States in the 1880s and was one of the rarer given names of the late 19th and 20th century. In recent years it has fluctuated in popularity with 1,016 newborns given this name in 2019. [citation needed] The name Gideon is the 308th most common name among U.S. social security statistics as of 2018 ...
Gideon chooses an army of 300 (Judges 7:8) to wage war against the Midianites. Gideon delivers Israelites from the hands of Midianite raiders. Gideon captures the kings of Midian Zebah and Zalmunna (Judges 8:10). After Gideon's son Jeter shies away from decapitating the two Midianite kings, Gideon slays the kings personally (Judges 8:21).
This is a list of Namibians who are famous. ... Gideon Iitula, pastor in Ovamboland, ordained 1925; Zephania Kameeta (born 1945), ...
Elected Grand Master of France 2 December 1743. It was during his grandmastership that the name was changed from the "English Grand Lodge of France" to the "Grand Lodge of France". [10] [142] Thomas E. Bourke (1896–1978), U.S. Marine Corps general who, during World War II, commanded Marine artillery units at the battles of Guadalcanal, Tarawa ...