Definitions for Gaon

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Gaon Ga·on

Spelling: [gah-ohn; Sephardic Hebrew gah-awn; Ashkenazic Hebrew

IPA: /ˈgɑ oʊn; Sephardic Hebrew gɑˈɔn; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈgɑ oʊn, gɔɪn/

Gaon is a 4 letter English word.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in Gaon (agno).

Definitions for Gaon

noun

1. a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
2. an eminent Jewish scholar noted for wisdom and knowledge of the Talmud:

Origin of Gaon

1770-80; Hebrew: literally, majesty

Examples for Gaon

The Commentary which passes as that of Saadia the Gaon is said to be spurious.

But the Gaon refused to enter into polemics with a "heretic."

The great Gaon Saadiah (892-942) united within himself all strands of thought.

At the age of thirty-six Saadiah received a remarkable honor; he was summoned to Sura to fill the post of Gaon.

The yeshibah of Volozhin raised a whole generation of scholars and rabbis "in the spirit of the Gaon."

The Gaon's proclamation hinted at this work, and its author felt painfully hurt by the attack.

But if the Exilarch was not learned, he delegated this duty to the Gaon of Sora.

The stern Gaon refused even to see the exponent of heterodoxy.

Still, in his day, Campanton passed for the Gaon of Castile.

But Abraham had followers in Pumbeditha, who gave him their support, and refused allegiance to the rival Gaon.