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Gaon (Hebrew: גאון, gā'ōn, lit. ' genius ' , plural geonim , גְּאוֹנִים , gĕ'ōnīm ) may have originated as a shortened version of "Rosh Yeshivat Ge'on Ya'akov", although there are alternative explanations.
The meaning of GAON is a Jewish head of one of the Babylonian academies at Sura and Pumbedita from about a.d. 589—1038 and usually an eminent religious scholar and judicial authority —used as a title of honor. How to use gaon in a sentence.
Gaon, the title accorded to the Jewish spiritual leaders and scholars who headed Talmudic academies that flourished, with lengthy interruptions, from the 7th to the 13th century in Babylonia and Palestine. The chief concern of the geonim was to interpret and develop Talmudic Law and to safeguard.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun gaon. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Gaon definition: 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.. See examples of GAON used in a sentence.
Geonim is the plural of גאון (Ga'on) [ɡaˈ (ʔ)on], which means "pride" or "splendor" in Biblical Hebrew and since the 19th century "genius" as in modern Hebrew. As a title of a Babylonian college president it meant something like "His Excellency".
GAON (pl. Geonim), formal title of the heads of the academies of Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia. The geonim were recognized by the Jews as the highest authority of instruction from the end of the sixth century or somewhat later to the middle of the 11 th.
