Jerubbaal
E466901
Jerubbaal is an alternate name for Gideon, the biblical judge and military leader who delivered Israel from Midianite oppression.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jerubbaal canonical | 5 |
| Jerub-Baal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4760966 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jerubbaal Context triple: [Gideon, alsoKnownAs, Jerubbaal]
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A.
Jephthah
Jephthah is a biblical judge of Israel known for his military leadership against the Ammonites and his tragic vow involving his daughter.
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B.
Shamgar
Shamgar is a minor biblical judge and warrior mentioned in the Book of Judges, known for defeating a large number of Philistines with an oxgoad.
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C.
Jephta
Jephta is a 17th-century Dutch tragedy by Joost van den Vondel that dramatizes the biblical story of Jephthah and his fateful vow.
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D.
Othniel
Othniel is a biblical figure regarded as the first judge of Israel, known for delivering the Israelites from oppression in the Book of Judges.
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E.
Obed
Obed is a biblical figure known as the son of Boaz and Ruth and the grandfather of King David, appearing in the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jerubbaal Target entity description: Jerubbaal is an alternate name for Gideon, the biblical judge and military leader who delivered Israel from Midianite oppression.
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A.
Jephthah
Jephthah is a biblical judge of Israel known for his military leadership against the Ammonites and his tragic vow involving his daughter.
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B.
Shamgar
Shamgar is a minor biblical judge and warrior mentioned in the Book of Judges, known for defeating a large number of Philistines with an oxgoad.
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C.
Jephta
Jephta is a 17th-century Dutch tragedy by Joost van den Vondel that dramatizes the biblical story of Jephthah and his fateful vow.
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D.
Othniel
Othniel is a biblical figure regarded as the first judge of Israel, known for delivering the Israelites from oppression in the Book of Judges.
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E.
Obed
Obed is a biblical figure known as the son of Boaz and Ruth and the grandfather of King David, appearing in the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
judge of Israel ⓘ military leader ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Book of Judges
ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
|
| armySizeFinal | 300 men ⓘ |
| armySizeInitial | 32000 men ⓘ |
| associatedWithObject |
earthen jars
ⓘ
torches ⓘ trumpet ⓘ |
| battleSite |
valley of Jezreel
ⓘ
linked to:
Jezreel Valley
|
| child | Abimelech ⓘ |
| childCount | seventy sons ⓘ |
| clan | Abiezrite ⓘ |
| concubineLocation | Shechem ⓘ |
| ephodLocation | Ophrah ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Israelites ⓘ |
| father | Joash ⓘ |
| fatherResidence | Ophrah of the Abiezrites ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Jerubbesheth
ⓘ
linked to:
Ish-bosheth
|
| hasGivenName | Gideon ⓘ |
| knownFor |
delivering Israel from Midianite oppression
ⓘ
destroying his father’s altar to Baal ⓘ leading a small army against Midianites ⓘ tearing down the Asherah pole ⓘ |
| madeObject | ephod from gold earrings ⓘ |
| militaryOpponent |
Amalekites
ⓘ
Midianites ⓘ
linked to:
Midianite
people of the East ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Let Baal contend ⓘ |
| positionHeld | judge of Israel ⓘ |
| receivedDivineCallFrom |
Yahweh
ⓘ
linked to:
Adonai
|
| receivedMessageVia | angel of the Lord ⓘ |
| refusedTitle | kingship over Israel ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| sameAs | Gideon ⓘ |
| scripturalReference |
2 Samuel 11:21
ⓘ
Judges 6 ⓘ Judges 7 ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
Judges 8 ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
Judges 9:1-2 ⓘ |
| spouse | unnamed wife in Ophrah ⓘ |
| testedGodWith | fleece signs ⓘ |
| timePeriod | period of the Judges ⓘ |
| tribe |
tribe of Manasseh
ⓘ
linked to:
Tribe of Manasseh
|
| usedTactic | night attack with trumpets and torches in jars ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jerubbaal Description of subject: Jerubbaal is an alternate name for Gideon, the biblical judge and military leader who delivered Israel from Midianite oppression.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jerubbaal