Gidʻôm — H1440

Definition

locative proper noun

Gidom, a place in Palestine

1. Gidom = "a cutting down"
2. the place where the Israelites ceased pursuing Benjamin, apparently situated between Gibeah and the cliffs of Rimmon

Usually translated as

Gidom

Origin

from H1438; a cutting (i.e. desolation)

• Derived from Gâdaʻ (H1438)

Occurrences

Gidʻôm occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1)

• Judges 20:45 — And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom (גִּדְעֹ֔ם), and slew two thousand men of them.