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A:Gideon is a Biblical name meaning 'one who cuts down' in Hebrew. It was borne as a personal name by an Israelite leader, Jerubbaal, appointed to deliver his people from the Midianites (Judges 6:14).

The author of Judges, a devotee of Yahweh as the God of Israel, would not write the story of the hero who had been chosen to drive out the Midianite menace when his name, which means 'may Baal contend', says that he was a follower of Baal. Hence, the author devised the name Gideon, whcih clearly refers to him cutting down the grove of asherahs, to use only in telling this story and nowhere else in The Bible. Elsewhere, his actual name, Jerubbaal, was used.

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