Strong's Lexicon paradeisos: Paradise Original Word: παράδεισος Word Origin: Derived from an ancient Persian word "pairidaeza," meaning "enclosure" or "park." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H6508 (pardes): Refers to a park or orchard, used in Nehemiah 2:8, Ecclesiastes 2:5, and Song of Solomon 4:13. Usage: In the New Testament, "paradeisos" refers to a place of blessedness and divine presence. It is often associated with the Garden of Eden, a place of original perfection and communion with God. In Christian theology, it also signifies the abode of the righteous after death, a place of rest and joy in the presence of God. Cultural and Historical Background: The concept of "paradeisos" has its roots in Persian culture, where it described royal parks or gardens. The term was adopted into Greek and later into Jewish and Christian thought, symbolizing a place of beauty, peace, and divine fellowship. In Jewish tradition, it became synonymous with the Garden of Eden and the future hope of restoration. In Christian eschatology, it represents the eternal state of the redeemed. HELPS Word-studies 3857 parádeisos – an ancient Persian word meaning "enclosure, garden, park." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Pers. origin (enclosure) Definition a park, a garden, a paradise NASB Translation Paradise (3). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3857: παράδεισοςπαράδεισος, παραδείσου, ὁ (thought by most to be of Persian orion, by others of Armenian, cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 1124; (B. D., under the word; especially Fried. Delitzsch, We lag das Paradies? Leipzig 1881, pp. 95-97; cf. Max Müller, Selected Essays, i., 129f)), 1. among the Persians a grand enclosure or preserve, hunting-ground, park, shady and well-watered, in which wild animals were kept for the hunt; it was enclosed by walls and furnished with towers for the hunters: Xenophon, Cyril 1, 3, 14; (1, 4, 5); 8, 1, 38; oec. 4, 13 and 14; anab. 1, 2, 7, 9; Theophrastus, h. pl. 5, 8, 1; Diodorus 16, 41; 14, 80; Pint. Artax. 25, cf. Curt; 8, 1, 11. 2. universally, a garden, pleasure-ground; grove, park: Lucian, v. h. 2, 23; Aelian v. h. 1, 33; Josephus, Antiquities 7, 14, 4; 8, 7, 3; 9, 10, 4; 10, 3, 2 and 11, 1; b. j. 6, 1, 1; (c. Apion. 1, 19, 9 (where cf. Müller)); Susanna 4, 7, 15, etc.; Sir. 24:30; and so it passed into the Hebrew language, פַּרְדֵּס, Nehemiah 2:8; Ecclesiastes 2:5; Song of Solomon 4:13; besides in the Sept. mostly for גַּן; thus, for that delightful region, 'the garden of Eden,' in which our first parents dwelt before the fall: Genesis 2:8ff; 3:1ff. 3. that part of Hades which was thought by the later Jews to be the abode of the souls of the pious until the resurrection: Luke 23:43, cf. 16:23f. But some (e. g. Dillmann (as below, p. 379)) understand that passage of the heavenly paradise. 4. an upper region in the heavens: 2 Corinthians 12:4 (where some maintain, others deny, that the term is equivalent to ὁ τρίτος οὐρανός in 2 Corinthians 12:2); with the addition of τοῦ Θεοῦ, genitive of possessor, the abode of God and heavenly beings, to which true Christians will be taken after death, Revelation 2:7 (cf. Genesis 13:10; Ezekiel 28:13; Ezekiel 31:8). According to the opinion of many of the church Fathers, the paradise in which our first parents dwelt before the fall still exists, neither on earth nor in the heavens, but above and beyond the world; cf. Thilo, Cod. apocr. Nov. Test., on Evang. Nicod. c. xxv., p. 748ff; and Bleek thinks that the word ought to be taken in this sense in Revelation 2:7. Cf. Dillmann under the word Paradies in Schenkel iv. 377ff; also Hilgenfeld, Die Clement. Recogn. und Hom., p. 87f; Klöpper on 2 Corinthians 12:2-4, p. 507ff ((Göttingen, 1869). See also B. D., Of Oriental origin (compare pardec); a park, i.e. (specially), an Eden (place of future happiness, "paradise") -- paradise. see HEBREW pardec Englishman's Concordance Luke 23:43 N-DMSGRK: ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ NAS: to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise. KJV: me in paradise. INT: in Paradise 2 Corinthians 12:4 N-AMS Revelation 2:7 N-DMS Strong's Greek 3857 |
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