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Eden

Meaning of “Eden”

Sense 1: The region in which the LORD planted the garden where he placed the man. Sense 2: A personal or place name borne by other persons or locations in later passages.

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KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Cawdrey 1604
20 occurrences19 verses7 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:8

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Amos 1:5
I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 1:5 · retained source text

I wil breake also the barre of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plaine of Auen: and him that holdeth the scepter from the house of Eden, and the people of Syria shall goe into captiuitie, vnto Kir, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteOr, Bikath Amen.

1611 marginal noteOr, Beth-Eden.

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An Hebrew word signifying delectation, or a place of pleasure and delight. Paradise.

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