Gideon ben Joash ben Abiezer

• General Notes
  • Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, that is to say, "Let     Baal contendagainst him," because he had torn down his altar. Who  struck down Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman      thro w an upper millstone on him from the wall so that he died at      Thebez? Why did you go sonear the wall?'--then you shall say, `Your    servant Uriah t he Hittite is dead also.' " Gideon is a Hebrew name  meaning "Hewer," or "Feller" (lumberjack);     Hebr ew (Modern):  Gidan; Russian: Gedeon. . Religious Figures: Gideon  (Biblic al) -- A  liberator of Israel