《舊約全書。士師記》中以色列人的士師和救星。他率領部族攻擊游牧部族米甸人；但崇拜所掠獲的偶像。同書另一處又說，基甸拒絕崇拜偶像而崇奉上帝雅赫維，因而雅赫維激勵基甸及其族人擊敗米甸人。
　　Judge and hero of ancient Israel， whose deeds are described in the Old Testament Book of Judges. The book contains two versions of Gideon's story. In one account， he led his tribe of Manasseh in a victorious campaign against the Midianites， then fashioned an idolatrous image from the booty and led Israel into immorality. In another version， he replaced worship of the local deity， Baal， with that of Yahweh （the God of Israel）， and the power of Yahweh enabled his tribe to destroy the Midianites.