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Gidom

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(desolation). A place near Rimmon (Judg. 20:45⁴⁵And 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, and slew two thousand men of them. (Judges 20:45)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Place to which the Benjamites were pursued after the battle of Gibeah (Judg. 20:45⁴⁵And 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, and slew two thousand men of them. (Judges 20:45)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1440 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Gid`om

Phonic:

ghid-ohm’

Meaning:

from 1438; a cutting (i.e. desolation); Gidom, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage:

Gidom

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

a cutting down

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Complete cutting off; desolation:―a place near Rimmon, Judg. 20:45. {Abscissio absoluta}