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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.

Definition sources

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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Isaiah 37:12
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of eden which were in Telassar?
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1611 witness · Isaiah 37:12 · retained source text

Haue the gods of the nations deliuered them which my fathers haue destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?

Isaiah 51:3
For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 51:3 · retained source text

For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he wil comfort all her waste places, and he wil make her wildernes like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD: ioy and gladnesse shalbe found therein, thankesgiuing, and the voice of melody.

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Historical definitions

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

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