1440. Gidom
Strong's Lexicon
Gidom: Gidom

Original Word: גִּדְעֹם
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Gid`om
Pronunciation: ghee-DOHM
Phonetic Spelling: (ghid-ohm')
Definition: Gidom
Meaning: Gidom

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root גָּדַע (gada), meaning "to cut down" or "to hew."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Gidom in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific Hebrew place name without a New Testament counterpart.

Usage: Gidom is a place name mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The name likely carries the connotation of "cutting down" or "hewing," which may reflect either a geographical feature or a historical event associated with the location.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the context of ancient Israel, place names often held significant meanings, either describing the physical characteristics of the location or commemorating events that occurred there. Gidom, like many other biblical locations, would have been part of the landscape familiar to the Israelites during the period of the Judges and the early monarchy.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from gada
Definition
a place in Benjamin
NASB Translation
Gidom (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
גִּדְעֹם proper name, of a location marking limit of pursuit of Benjamites by rest of Israel Judges 20:45.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Gidom

From gada'; a cutting (i.e. Desolation); Gidom, a place in Palestine -- Gidom.

see HEBREW gada'

Forms and Transliterations
גִּדְעֹ֔ם גדעם giḏ‘ōm giḏ·‘ōm gidOm
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Englishman's Concordance
Judges 20:45
HEB: אַחֲרָיו֙ עַד־ גִּדְעֹ֔ם וַיַּכּ֥וּ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ
NAS: and overtook them at Gidom and killed
KJV: hard after them unto Gidom, and slew
INT: after unto Gidom and slew two

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 1440
1 Occurrence


giḏ·‘ōm — 1 Occ.















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