Strong's Lexicon pardes: Orchard, Park, Paradise Original Word: פַרְדֵּס Word Origin: Borrowed from Old Persian *pairidaeza*, meaning "enclosure" or "garden." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 3857: παράδεισος (paradeisos) - Used in the Septuagint and the New Testament to denote "paradise" or "garden," reflecting the same concept of a divine or royal garden. Usage: The term "pardes" refers to a park or orchard, often implying a place of beauty and abundance. In the Hebrew Bible, it is used to describe a cultivated area, typically a garden or a grove of trees, symbolizing fertility and divine blessing. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, gardens and orchards were symbols of prosperity and divine favor. They were often associated with royalty and were places of leisure and beauty. The concept of a "paradise" as a walled garden or park was prevalent in Persian culture, influencing Hebrew thought and language. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof foreign origin Definition a preserve, park NASB Translation forest (1), orchard (1), parks (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs מַּרְדֵּס noun [masculine] preserve, park (loan-word from Zend pairi-daêza, enclosure, Spieg Haug in EwJahrb. see 162 f., compare SpiegAvesta i. 293; Persian  pâlêz LagGes. Abh. 75, 211, Kurdish parês NöZMG xxxvi (1882), 182; hence Armenian partêz LagArm. Stud. § 1878, late Assyrian pardisu MeissnZA vi. 290, Arabic  ; Greek παράδεισος; compare also DlPa 95 ff. DiGenesis 2:8); — ׳הַמּ Nehemiah 2:8 (containing trees); construct מַּרְדֵּס רִמּוֺנִים Songs 4:13 (fruit-trees and costly plants); plural מַּרְדֵּסִים Ecclesiastes 2:5 (+ גַּנּוֺת). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance forest, orchard Of foreign origin; a park -- forest, orchard. Forms and Transliterations הַפַּרְדֵּ֜ס הפרדס וּפַרְדֵּסִ֑ים ופרדסים פַּרְדֵּ֣ס פרדס hap·par·dês happarDes happardês par·dês parDes pardês ū·p̄ar·dê·sîm ufardeSim ūp̄ardêsîmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Nehemiah 2:8 HEB: אָסָף֩ שֹׁמֵ֨ר הַפַּרְדֵּ֜ס אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַמֶּ֗לֶךְ NAS: of the king's forest, that he may give KJV: of the king's forest, that he may give INT: Asaph the keeper forest which of the king's Ecclesiastes 2:5 Songs 4:13 3 Occurrences |
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