Eden Garden Place

† III. עֵ֫דֶן n.pr.terr. (prob. associated by Heb. with i. עֵדֶן);—district in which lay garden of י׳, home of Adam and Eve: וַיִּטַּע גַּן־בְּעֵדֶן Gn 2:8, river יֹצֵא מֵע׳ v 10, קִדְמַת־ע׳ 4:16; גַּן־ע׳ 2:15; 3:23, 24 (all 𝔊 Εδεμ); cf. כְּגַן־ע׳ Ez 36:35 Jo 2:3 and כְּע׳ Is 51:3 (‖ גַּן־י׳), all sim. of fertility; ע׳ גַּן־אֱלֹהִים Ez 28:13, עֲצֵי ע׳ אֲשֶׁר בְּגַן הָאֱלֹהִים 31:9, עֲצֵי ע׳ v 16, 18(×2) (𝔊 Ez Jo ἡ τρυφή; Is παράδεισος).

πᾰρᾰδεισ-ος, ὁ (also παράδισος Refs 3rd c.BC+, enclosed park or pleasure-ground, Oriental word first used by Refs 5th c.BC+ always in reference to the parks of the Persian kings and nobles; π. μέγας ἀγρίων θηρίων πλήρης Refs; π. δασὺς παντοίων δένδρωνLXX+4th c.BC+ __2 generally, garden, orchard, LXX+3rd c.BC+ __3 the garden of Eden, LXX __3.b Paradise, the abode of the blessed, NT __3.c explanation of μακάρων νῆσοι, Refs 8th c.BC+ __II stupid fellow, Refs 2nd c.AD+, and Avest. pairidaēza- 'enclosure'.)

† עֶ֫דֶן n.pr. (? urb. et) terr. conquered by Assyria (prob. = iv. עֵדֶן; pointed עֶדֶן, to differentiate from iii. ע׳, cf. WMMAs. u. Eur. 291);—בְּנֵי־ע׳ 2 K 19:12 (𝔊 υἱοὺς Ἔδεμ) = Is 37:12 (in Telassar), ע׳ alone Ez 27:23 (+ חָרָן וְכַנֶּה); prob. = Adini on Middle Euphrates SchrCOT 2 K19, 12 DlPa 263 f..—בֵּית ע׳, v. p. 112.

† עֶדְנָה n.f. delight;—Gn 18:12 (sexual).

† II. עֵ֫דֶן n.pr.m. Levite name 2 Ch 29:12 (𝔊 Ιω(α)δαν), 31:15 (𝔊 Οδομ, 𝔊L Ιαδαν).