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ATS Bible Dictionary EdenA province in Asia, in which was Paradise. "The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed," Genesis 2:8. The topography of Eden is thus described: "And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison," etc. This obscure passage has received many different explanations and applications, none of which are fully satisfactory; and now it is impossible to say with certainty where Eden lay. Most writers have sought for it in some elevated and central region, the heights of which would give rise to various rivers flowing off in different directions through lower grounds to their outlets. Such a region exists in the high lands of Armenia, west of Mount Ararat and 5,000 feet above the sea. Here, within a circle but a few miles in diameter, four large rivers rise: the Euphrates, and Tigris, or Hiddekel, flowing south into the Persian Gulf; the Araxes, flowing northeast into the Caspian Sea; and the Phasis, or the Halys, flowing northwest into the Black Sea. This fourth river may have been the Pishon of Eden; and the Araxes may well be the Gihon, since both words mean the same, and describe its dart-like swiftness. This elevated country, still beautiful and fertile, may have been the land of Eden; and in its choicest portion, towards the east, the garden may once have smiled. Another location of Eden is now preferred by many interpreters-near the spot where the Euphrates and Tigris from a junction after their long wanderings, a hundred and twenty miles north of the Persian gulf, and where the river Ulai flows in from the northeast. This region may have been greatly changed by the lapse of many thousand years, and may now bear little resemblance to the luxuriant and beautiful plain of primeval times. Yet long after the flood the plain of Shinar in the same region attracted the admiration of the sons of Cush, Genesis 10:8-10; 11:2. As two of the rivers of Eden bear the familiar names of the Euphrates and Tigris, it seems probable that it was in one or the other of the regions above named. Wherever it was, it is there no more since the fall and the curse. The first chapters of the Bible show Paradise withdrawn from man's view, and no pilgrimage can discover it upon earth. The last chapters of the Bible restore to our view a more glorious and enduring Paradise: "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life." Easton's Bible Dictionary Delight. (1.) The garden in which our first parents dewlt (Genesis 2:8-17). No geographical question has been so much discussed as that bearing on its site. It has been placed in Armenia, in the region west of the Caspian Sea, in Media, near Damascus, in Palestine, in Southern Arabia, and in Babylonia. The site must undoubtedly be sought for somewhere along the course of the great streams the Tigris and the Euphrates of Western Asia, in "the land of Shinar" or Babylonia. The region from about lat. 33 degrees 30' to lat. 31 degrees, which is a very rich and fertile tract, has been by the most competent authorities agreed on as the probable site of Eden. "It is a region where streams abound, where they divide and re-unite, where alone in the Mesopotamian tract can be found the phenomenon of a single river parting into four arms, each of which is or has been a river of consequence." Among almost all nations there are traditions of the primitive innocence of our race in the garden of Eden. This was the "golden age" to which the Greeks looked back. Men then lived a "life free from care, and without labour and sorrow. Old age was unknown; the body never lost its vigour; existence was a perpetual feast without a taint of evil. The earth brought forth spontaneously all things that were good in profuse abundance." (2.) One of the Markets whence the merchants of Tyre obtained richly embroidered stuffs (Ezek. 27:23); the same, probably, as that mentioned in 2 Kings 19:12, and Isaiah 37:12, as the name of a region conquered by the Assyrians. (3.) Son of Joah, and one of the Levites who assisted in reforming the public worship of the sanctuary in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:12). Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (n.) The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.International Standard Bible Encyclopedia CHILDREN OF EDENe'-d'-n (bene `edhen): In 2 Kings 19:12 Isaiah 37:12 "the children of Eden that were in Telassar" are mentioned in connection with "Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph" as having been destroyed by the Assyrians who were before the time of Sennacherib. The expression, "the children of Eden that were in Telassar," undoubtedly referred to a tribe which inhabited a region of which Telassar was the center. Telassar means "the hill of Asshur" and, according to Schrader, it was a name that might have been given to any place where a temple had been built to Asshur. Inasmuch as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph were in Mesopotamia it would seem probable that "the children of Eden that were in Telassar" belonged to the same locality. The "children of Eden" is quite probably to be identified with the Bit `Adini of the inscriptions and this referred to a district on the middle Euphrates. According to the inscriptions Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and Bit `Adini were destroyed by Sennacherib's forefathers, and this is in accord with the account in 2 Kings and Isaiah. EDEN e'-d'-n (`edhen, "delight"; Edem): See AVEN; BETH-EDEN; CHILDREN OF EDEN. EDEN, CHILDREN OF See CHILDREN OF EDEN. RIVERS OF EDEN See EDEN (1). Greek 3857. paradeisos -- a park, a garden, a paradise ... paradise. Of Oriental origin (compare pardec); a park, ie (specially), an Eden (place of future happiness, "paradise") -- paradise. see HEBREW pardec. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3857.htm - 6k Strong's Hebrew 5731. Eden -- the garden home of Adam and Eve... 5730b, 5731. Eden. 5732 . the garden home of Adam and Eve. Transliteration: Eden Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-den) Short Definition: Eden. ... /hebrew/5731.htm - 6k 1040. Beth Eden -- "house of pleasure," a place in Aram (Syria) 5729. Eden -- a territory conquered by Assyr. 5730b. Eden -- a Levite 5730. eden -- a luxury, dainty, delight 134. eden -- a base, pedestal 5730a. eden -- a luxury, dainty, delight 6376. Pishon -- one of the rivers of Eden 1521. Gichon -- "a bursting forth," one of the rivers of Eden ... 2051. Vedan -- a place of unknown location Library Back to Eden. Eden Lost and Restored The Early Eden Picture. Outside the Eden Gate. No Longer Now at Eden's Gate The Voice that Breathed O'er Eden God Spelling Himself Out in Jesus. On Fruit Bearing. Matthew xxii. 32 Appendix 2 the Case of Adam Thesaurus Eden (19 Occurrences)... 31 degrees, which is a very rich and fertile tract, has been by the most competent authorities agreed on as the probable site of Eden. ... CHILDREN OF EDEN. ... /e/eden.htm - 28k Beth-eden (1 Occurrence) Telassar (2 Occurrences) Gihon (6 Occurrences) Canneh (1 Occurrence) Paradise (6 Occurrences) Nod (2 Occurrences) Nether (19 Occurrences) Rezeph (2 Occurrences) Elohim (38 Occurrences) Resources What is the location of the Garden of Eden? | GotQuestions.orgWhy did God have the cherubim guard just the east side of Eden (Genesis 3:24)? | GotQuestions.org Is Göbekli Tepe where the Garden of Eden was located? | GotQuestions.org Eden: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus Concordance Eden (19 Occurrences)Genesis 2:8 Genesis 2:10 Genesis 2:15 Genesis 3:23 Genesis 3:24 Genesis 4:16 2 Kings 19:12 2 Chronicles 29:12 2 Chronicles 31:15 Isaiah 37:12 Isaiah 51:3 Ezekiel 27:23 Ezekiel 28:13 Ezekiel 31:9 Ezekiel 31:16 Ezekiel 31:18 Ezekiel 36:35 Joel 2:3 Amos 1:5 Subtopics Eden: A Marketplace of Costly Merchandise Related Terms |
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