5731. Eden
Strong's Lexicon
Eden: Eden

Original Word: עֵדֶן
Part of Speech: proper name, of a territory
Transliteration: `Eden
Pronunciation: AY-den
Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-den)
Definition: Eden
Meaning: Eden

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root עָדַן (adan), meaning "to be soft or pleasant."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Genesis 2:8 (BSB): "And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed."

- Genesis 3:23 (BSB): "So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken."

- Ezekiel 28:13 (BSB): "You were in Eden, the garden of God; every kind of precious stone adorned you..."

10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries: The Greek equivalent often associated with Eden is παράδεισος (paradeisos), Strong's Greek 3857, which is used in the Septuagint and the New Testament to describe a garden or paradise.

Usage: The term "Eden" is primarily used in the Bible to refer to the "Garden of Eden," a paradisiacal location created by God as the dwelling place for the first humans, Adam and Eve.

Cultural and Historical Background: It symbolizes a state of perfect harmony, abundance, and communion with God.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
the garden home of Adam and Eve
NASB Translation
Eden (14).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
III. עֵ֫דֶן proper name, of a territory (probably associated by Hebrew with I. עֵדֶן); — district in which lay garden of ׳י home of Adam and Eve: וַיִּטַּע גַּןבְּֿעֵדֶן Genesis 2:8, river ׳יֹצֵא מֵע Genesis 2:10, ׳קִדְמַתעֿ Genesis 4:16; ׳גַּןעֿ Genesis 2:15; Genesis 3:23,24 (all ᵐ5 Εδεμ); compare ׳כְּגַןעֿ Ezekiel 36:35; Joel 2:3 and ׳כְּע Isaiah 51:3 ("" ׳גַּןיֿ), all simile of fertility; גַּןאֱֿלֹהִים ׳ע Ezekiel 28:13, אֲשֶׁר בְּגַן הָאֱלֹהַים ׳עֲצֵי ע Ezekiel 31:9, ׳עֲצֵי ע Ezekiel 31:16; Ezekiel 31:18, Ezekiel 31:18 (ᵐ5 Ezekiel Joel ἡ τρυφή; Isaiah παράδεισος).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Eden

The same as eden (masculine); Eden, the region of Adam's home -- Eden.

see HEBREW eden

Forms and Transliterations
בְּעֵ֨דֶן בְעֵ֖דֶן בעדן וְעֵ֖דֶן ועדן כְּעֵ֔דֶן כעדן מֵעֵ֔דֶן מעדן עֵ֑דֶן עֵ֔דֶן עֵ֜דֶן עֵ֣דֶן עֵ֨דֶן עֵֽדֶן׃ עדן עדן׃ ‘ê·ḏen ‘êḏen bə‘êḏen bə·‘ê·ḏen beEden Eden kə‘êḏen kə·‘ê·ḏen keEden mê‘êḏen mê·‘ê·ḏen meEden veEden wə‘êḏen wə·‘ê·ḏen
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 2:8
HEB: אֱלֹהִ֛ים גַּן־ בְעֵ֖דֶן מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַיָּ֣שֶׂם
NAS: the east, in Eden; and there
KJV: eastward in Eden; and there
INT: God A garden Eden the east placed

Genesis 2:10
HEB: וְנָהָרּ֙ יֹצֵ֣א מֵעֵ֔דֶן לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת אֶת־
NAS: flowed out of Eden to water
KJV: went out of Eden to water
INT: river flowed of Eden to water the garden

Genesis 2:15
HEB: וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ בְגַן־ עֵ֔דֶן לְעָבְדָ֖הּ וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃
NAS: him into the garden of Eden to cultivate
KJV: into the garden of Eden to dress
INT: him the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep

Genesis 3:23
HEB: אֱלֹהִ֖ים מִגַּן־ עֵ֑דֶן לַֽעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־
NAS: him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate
KJV: from the garden of Eden, to till
INT: God the garden of Eden to cultivate the ground

Genesis 3:24
HEB: מִקֶּ֨דֶם לְגַן־ עֵ֜דֶן אֶת־ הַכְּרֻבִ֗ים
NAS: of the garden of Eden He stationed
KJV: of the garden of Eden Cherubims,
INT: the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim and the flaming

Genesis 4:16
HEB: נ֖וֹד קִדְמַת־ עֵֽדֶן׃
NAS: of Nod, east of Eden.
KJV: of Nod, on the east of Eden.
INT: of Nod east of Eden

2 Chronicles 29:12
HEB: בֶּן־ זִמָּ֔ה וְעֵ֖דֶן בֶּן־ יוֹאָֽח׃
KJV: of Zimmah, and Eden the son
INT: the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah

2 Chronicles 31:15
HEB: וְעַל־ יָד֡וֹ עֵ֣דֶן וּ֠מִנְיָמִן וְיֵשׁ֨וּעַ
KJV: And next him [were] Eden, and Miniamin,
INT: Under his authority him Eden Miniamin and Jeshua

Isaiah 51:3
HEB: וַיָּ֤שֶׂם מִדְבָּרָהּ֙ כְּעֵ֔דֶן וְעַרְבָתָ֖הּ כְּגַן־
NAS: He will make like Eden, And her desert
KJV: her wilderness like Eden, and her desert
INT: will make wilderness Eden desert the garden

Ezekiel 28:13
HEB: בְּעֵ֨דֶן גַּן־ אֱלֹהִ֜ים
NAS: You were in Eden, the garden of God;
KJV: Thou hast been in Eden the garden
INT: Eden the garden of God

Ezekiel 31:9
HEB: כָּל־ עֲצֵי־ עֵ֔דֶן אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּגַ֥ן
NAS: the trees of Eden, which
KJV: so that all the trees of Eden, that [were] in the garden
INT: and all the trees of Eden which the garden

Ezekiel 31:16
HEB: כָּל־ עֲצֵי־ עֵ֔דֶן מִבְחַ֥ר וְטוֹב־
NAS: trees of Eden, the choicest
KJV: and all the trees of Eden, the choice
INT: and all trees of Eden the choicest and best

Ezekiel 31:18
HEB: וּבְגֹ֖דֶל בַּעֲצֵי־ עֵ֑דֶן וְהוּרַדְתָּ֨ אֶת־
NAS: among the trees of Eden are you thus
KJV: among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down
INT: greatness the trees of Eden down with

Ezekiel 31:18
HEB: אֶת־ עֲצֵי־ עֵ֜דֶן אֶל־ אֶ֣רֶץ
NAS: with the trees of Eden to the earth
KJV: with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts
INT: with the trees of Eden to the earth

Ezekiel 36:35
HEB: הָיְתָ֖ה כְּגַן־ עֵ֑דֶן וְהֶעָרִ֧ים הֶחֳרֵב֛וֹת
NAS: like the garden of Eden; and the waste,
KJV: is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste
INT: has become the garden of Eden cities and the waste

Joel 2:3
HEB: לֶֽהָבָ֑ה כְּגַן־ עֵ֨דֶן הָאָ֜רֶץ לְפָנָ֗יו
NAS: is like the garden of Eden before
KJV: [is] as the garden of Eden before
INT: A flame the garden of Eden the land before

16 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5731
16 Occurrences


bə·‘ê·ḏen — 2 Occ.
‘ê·ḏen — 11 Occ.
kə·‘ê·ḏen — 1 Occ.
mê·‘ê·ḏen — 1 Occ.
wə·‘ê·ḏen — 1 Occ.















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