4468 horticulture
Dictionary of Bible Themes

The art of garden cultivation, first practised in the Garden of Eden.

Genesis 2:15-23

Horticulture in the Garden of Eden

The man and woman tended the garden

Genesis 3:17-19

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The fall brought about a change in human priorities from horticulture to agriculture

Genesis 4:2
Deuteronomy 11:10-11

Egyptian agriculture is likened to horticulture

Isaiah 58:11

Horticulture is totally dependent on good irrigation

See also

Genesis 2:4-14; 13:10
Numbers 24:5-7
Job 8:16
Songs 4:12,15
Isaiah 51:3
Jeremiah 31:12
Ecclesiastes 2:5-6

Those who practised horticulture

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Kings

1 Kings 21:2
2 Kings 21:18,26; 25:4
Nehemiah 3:15

pp Jer 39:4

Esther 1:5-6; 7:7-8

pp Jer 52:7

Songs 8:13
Jeremiah 29:28

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Common people

Jeremiah 29:1-7
John 19:41
John 20:15

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Gardeners

Isaiah 5:7
John 15:1
1 Kings 21:2

Kinds of horticulture

Vegetable gardens

Amos 9:14

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Fruit gardens

Genesis 2:16-17; 3:1-3
Luke 11:42

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Herb gardens

Songs 6:2
Matthew 13:31-32

pp Mk 4:31-32

pp Lk 13:19

Amos 4:9

Horticultural diseases and pestilence

See also

4240 garden, natural
4406 agriculture
4450 fruit
4466 herbs and spices
4528 trees
4534 vine
4538 vineyard
4540 weeds
6154 fall, the
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