Contender with Baal; or, let Baal plead, a surname of Gideon; a name given to him because he destroyed the altar of Baal (Judg. 6:32; 7:1; 8:29; 1 Sam. 12:11).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
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Jerubbaal
Name meaning: he that defends Baal, let Baal defend his cause (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(contender with Baal), the surname of Gideon, which he acquired in consequence of destroying the altar of Baal, when his father defended him from the vengeance of the Abiezrites. (Judges 6:32)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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