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In biblical literature, gardens hold significant symbolic and literal importance, often representing places of beauty, provision, and divine encounter. The concept of a garden is introduced early in the Scriptures and recurs throughout, serving as a backdrop for pivotal events in the biblical narrative.

The Garden of Eden

The most renowned garden in the Bible is the Garden of Eden, described in Genesis 2-3. This garden is depicted as a paradise created by God, abundant with trees and plants, including the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Genesis 2:8-9 states, "And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed. Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food, and in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil."

Eden is portrayed as a place of perfect harmony where Adam and Eve lived in direct communion with God. However, the disobedience of Adam and Eve led to their expulsion, marking the beginning of humanity's fallen state (Genesis 3:23-24).

Gardens in Israelite Culture

Gardens in ancient Israel were often associated with sustenance and beauty. They were typically enclosed spaces, cultivated for growing fruits, vegetables, and herbs. The Song of Solomon frequently uses garden imagery to describe love and beauty, as seen in Song of Solomon 4:12-15 : "My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed. Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest fruits, with henna and nard, nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices."

Prophetic and Eschatological Gardens

Prophets often used garden imagery to convey messages of restoration and blessing. Isaiah 51:3 proclaims, "For the LORD will 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 will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song."

In eschatological visions, gardens symbolize the restoration of creation and the return to divine fellowship. Revelation 22:1-2 describes the New Jerusalem with garden-like imagery: "Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations."

The Garden of Gethsemane

The Garden of Gethsemane is another significant garden in the New Testament, located on the Mount of Olives. It is the site where Jesus prayed fervently before His arrest, demonstrating His submission to the Father's will. Matthew 26:36 recounts, "Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, 'Sit here while I go over there and pray.'"

This garden represents a place of deep spiritual struggle and surrender, highlighting the humanity and divinity of Christ as He prepared for His crucifixion.

Symbolism and Themes

Gardens in the Bible often symbolize life, growth, and divine provision. They are places where God meets with His people, offering sustenance and spiritual nourishment. The recurring theme of gardens throughout Scripture underscores the hope of restoration and the promise of eternal fellowship with God.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Garden

Gardens in the East, as the Hebrew word indicates, are enclosures on the outskirts of towns, planted with various trees and shrubs. From the allusions in the Bible we learn that they were surrounded by hedges of thorn, (Isaiah 5:5) or walls of stone. (Proverbs 24:31) For further protection lodges, (Isaiah 1:8; Lamentations 2:6) or watchtowers, (Mark 12:1) were built in them, in which sat the keeper, (Job 27:18) to drive away the wild beasts and robbers, as is the case to this day. The gardens of the Hebrews were planted with flowers and aromatic shrubs, (Solomon 6:2; 4:16) besides olives, fig trees, nuts or walnuts, (Solomon 6:12) pomegranates, and others for domestic use. (Exodus 23:11; Jeremiah 29:5; Amos 9:14) Gardens of herbs, or kitchen gardens, are mentioned in (11:10) and 1Kin 21:2 The rose garden in Jerusalem, said to have been situated westward of the temple mount, it is remarkable as having been one of the few gardens which, from the time of the prophets, existed within the city walls. The retirement of gardens rendered them favorite places for devotion.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

2. (n.) A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.

3. (v. i.) To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice horticulture.

4. (v. t.) To cultivate as a garden.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GARDEN

gar'-d'-n (gan, gannah, ginnah; kepos): The Arabic jannah (diminutive, jannainah), like the Hebrew gannah, literally, "a covered or hidden place," denotes in the mind of the dweller in the East something more than the ordinary garden. Gardens in Biblical times, such as are frequently referred to in Semitic literature, were usually walled enclosures, as the name indicates (Lamentations 2:6 the American Revised Version, margin), in which there were paths winding in and out among shade and fruit trees, canals of running water, fountains, sweet-smelling herbs, aromatic blossoms and convenient arbors in which to sit and enjoy the effect. These gardens are mentioned in Genesis 2 and Genesis 3; Genesis 13:10; Songs 4:12-16 Ecclesiastes 2:5, 6 Ezekiel 28:13; Ezekiel 31:8, 9; 36:35 Joel 2:3. Ancient Babylonian, Assyrian and Egyptian records show the fondness of the rulers of these countries for gardens laid out on a grand scale and planted with the rarest trees and plants. The drawings made by the ancients of their gardens leave no doubt about their general features and their correspondence with Biblical gardens. The Persian word pardec (paradeisos) appears in the later Hebrew writings to denote more extensive gardens or parks. It is translated "orchards" in Ecclesiastes 2:5 the King James Version; Songs 4:13.

See PARADISE.

Such gardens are still common throughout the Levant. They are usually situated on the outskirts of a city (compare John 18:1, 26; John 19:41), except in the case of the more pretentious estates of rich pashas or of the government seats (compare 2 Kings 21:18 Esther 1:5; Esther 7:7, 8 Nehemiah 3:15 2 Kings 25:4; Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 52:7). They are enclosed with walls of mud blocks, as in Damascus, or stone walls capped with thorns, or with hedges of thorny bushes (compare Lamentations 2:6 the American Revised Version, margin), or prickly pear. In nearly treeless countries, where there is no rain during 4 or 5 months, at least, of the year, the gardens are often the only spots where trees and other vegetation can flourish, and here the existence of vegetation depends upon the water supply, brought in canals from streams, or raised from wells by more or less crude lifting machines (compare Numbers 24:7). Such references as Genesis 2:10 Numbers 24:6 Deuteronomy 11:10 Isaiah 1:30; Isaiah 58:11 Songs 4:15 indicate that in ancient times they were as dependent upon irrigation in Biblical lands as at present. The planning of their gardens so as to utilize the water supplies has become instinctive with the inhabitants of Palestine and Syria. The writer has seen a group of young Arab boys modeling a garden out of mud and conducting water to irrigate it by channels from a nearby canal, in a manner that a modern engineer would admire. Gardens are cultivated, not only for their fruits and herbs (compare Songs 6:11 Isaiah 1:8 1 Kings 21:2) and shade (compare Songs 6:11 Luke 13:19), but they are planned to serve as dwelling-places during the summer time when the houses are hot and stuffy. That this was an ancient practice is indicated by Songs 5:2; Songs 6:2; Songs 8:13. A shaded garden, the air laden with the ethereal perfumes of fruits and flowers, accompanied by the music of running water, a couch on which to sit or recline, suggest a condition of bliss dear to the Oriental. Only one who has traveled for days in a dry, glaring desert country and has come upon a spot like the gardens of such a city as Damascus, can realize how near like paradise these gardens can appear. Mohammed pictured such a place as the future abode of his followers

No doubt the remembrances of his visit to Damascus were fresh in his mind when he wrote. El-Jannah is used by the Moslems to signify the "paradise of the faithful."

Gardens were used as places of sacrifice, especially in heathen worship (Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 65:3; Isaiah 66:17). They sometimes contained burial places (2 Kings 21:18, 26 John 19:41).

Figurative: The destruction of gardens typified desolation (Amos 4:9); on the other hand, fruitful gardens figured prosperity (Numbers 24:6 Job 8:16 Isaiah 51:3; Isaiah 58:11; Isaiah 61:11 Jeremiah 29:5, 28; Jeremiah 31:12 Amos 9:14).

James A. Patch

GARDEN, THE KING'S

Mention is made of "the king's garden" in 2 Kings 25:4 Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 52:7 (fundamentally the same passage), in connection with the flight of Zedekiah from Jerusalem; and again in Nehemiah 3:15. The last passage shows that the "garden" was at the pool of Siloah (the Revised Version (British and American) "Shelah"), at the mouth of Tyropeon, near the "fountain gate." This would seem to be "the gate between the two walls which was by the king's garden" of the passages in 2 Kings and Jeremiah (compare 2 Chronicles 32:5). On the topography, see JERUSALEM; also Robinson, Palestine, II, 142. Arnold (in Herzog) thinks the garden is probably identical with "the garden of Uzza" of 2 Kings 21:18, 26.

James Orr

KING'S GARDEN

gan-ha-melekh): In Nehemiah 3:15, mention is made of "the pool of Shelah by the king's garden"; in 2 Kings 25:4 Jeremiah 52:7, "All the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden"; see also Jeremiah 39:4. The "king's winepresses" (Zechariah 14:10), which must have been to the extreme South of the city, were clearly in this neighborhood. The references all point to the one situation in Jerusalem where it is possible for gardens to flourish all the year round, namely, the part of the Kidron valley below the Tyropoeon which is watered by the overflow from the Pool of Siloam (see SILOAM). Here the vegetable gardens of the peasants of Siloam present an aspect of green freshness unknown elsewhere in Jerusalem.

E. W. G. Masterman

HOUSE, GARDEN

See GARDEN-HOUSE.

Greek

2779. kepos -- a garden
... a garden. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kepos Phonetic Spelling:
(kay'-pos) Short Definition: a garden Definition: a garden, any place ...
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3001. lachanon -- a garden herb, a vegetable
... a garden herb, a vegetable. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: lachanon
Phonetic Spelling: (lakh'-an-on) Short Definition: an herb, garden plant ...
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4237. prasia -- a garden bed
... a garden bed. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: prasia Phonetic Spelling:
(pras-ee-ah') Short Definition: a company formed into divisions ...
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3857. paradeisos -- a park, a garden, a paradise
... a park, a garden, a paradise. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
paradeisos Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad'-i-sos) Short Definition: Paradise ...
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2780. kepouros -- a gardener
... Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kepouros Phonetic Spelling:
(kay-poo-ros') Short Definition: a gardener Definition: a gardener, garden-keeper. ...
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1068. Gethsemani -- Gethsemane, an olive orchard on the Mt. of ...
... Gethsemane. Of Chaldee origin (compare gath and shemen); oil-press; Gethsemane,
a garden near Jerusalem -- Gethsemane. see HEBREW gath. see HEBREW shemen. ...
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5528. chortos -- a feeding place, food, grass
... grass, hay. Apparently a primary word; a "court" or "garden", ie (by implication,
of pasture) herbage or vegetation -- blade, grass, hay. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3759. karmel -- a plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growth
... 3758, 3759. karmel. 3760 . a plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growth.
Transliteration: karmel Phonetic Spelling: (kar-mel') Short Definition: field. ...
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1588. gan -- an enclosure, garden
... 1587, 1588. gan. 1589 . an enclosure, garden. Transliteration: gan Phonetic
Spelling: (gan) Short Definition: garden. Word Origin ...
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1593. gannah -- a garden
... gannah. 1594 . a garden. Transliteration: gannah Phonetic Spelling: (gan-naw')
Short Definition: gardens. ... garden. Feminine of gan; a garden -- garden. ...
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1594. ginnah -- garden
... 1593, 1594. ginnah. 1595 . garden. Transliteration: ginnah Phonetic Spelling:
(ghin-naw') Short Definition: garden. ... garden Another form for gannah -- garden ...
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6170. arugah -- a garden terrace or bed
... 6169, 6170. arugah. 6171 . a garden terrace or bed. Transliteration: arugah
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-oo-gaw') Short Definition: beds. ...
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5873. En Gannim -- "spring of a garden," two places in Isr.
... 5872, 5873. En Gannim. 5874 . "spring of a garden," two places in Isr. ... Word
Origin from ayin and gan Definition "spring of a garden," two places in Isr. ...
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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. ...
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4302. matta -- place or act of planting, a plantation
... planted (1). garden or vineyard. From nata'; something planted, ie The place
(a garden or vineyard), or the thing (a plant, figuratively ...
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4750. miqshah -- field of cucumbers
... garden of cucumbers. Denominative from qishshu'; literally, a cucumbered field,
ie A cucumber patch -- garden of cucumbers. see HEBREW qishshu'. 4749, 4750. ...
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1530. gal -- a heap, wave, billow
... Word Origin from galal Definition a heap, wave, billow NASB Word Usage billows
(1), heap (13), heaps (2), rock garden (1), rock pile (1), ruins (1), stone ...
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Library

The Grave in a Garden
... THE GRAVE IN A GARDEN. 'In the garden a new tomb.'"John 19:41 (RV). This
is possibly no more than a topographical note introduced ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/the grave in a garden.htm

In the Garden of Gethsemane
... ILLUSTRATIONS: IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. Then cometh Jesus with them unto
a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples ...
/.../newton/the life of jesus christ for the young/in the garden of gethsemane.htm

In the Garden of God
... HYMNS IN THE GARDEN OF GOD. "Tell ... above,. For thee, O Mine own I wait; I wait
for thee in the Garden of love,. Till thou comest irradiate,. ...
/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen and others second series/in the garden of god.htm

The Garden.
... IV. CREATION. Hymn 95 The garden. John Newton 8,6,8,6. The garden. A Garden
contemplation suits,. And may instruction yield,. Sweeter ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 95 the garden.htm

The Cloister Garden
... The Cloister Garden. Gerhard Ter Steegen Psalm 91:1. How good it is, when weaned
from all beside,. With God alone the soul is satisfied,. Deep hidden in His heart ...
/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen suso and others/the cloister garden.htm

In the Garden of God
... In the Garden of God. J. Tauler Cant. ii.2. As the lily of the valley,. White and
pure and sweet,. As the lowly violet trodden. Under wandering feet; ...
/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen suso and others/in the garden of god.htm

The Sluggard's Garden
... THE PROVERBS THE SLUGGARD'S GARDEN. 'I went by ... 30, 31. This picture of the
sluggard's garden seems to be intended as a parable. No ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the sluggards garden.htm

Garden Thoughts.
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CCLIX. Garden thoughts. 7.7.7.7.7.7 James Montgomery. Garden
thoughts. For a Missionary Meeting in a Garden. In a garden,"man was placed,. ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cclix garden thoughts.htm

Passion Week in the Garden.
... Passion Week In the Garden. I. In the Garden. 7,6,7,6. Wenn je du wieder zagst.
[76]W. Hey.1828. Whenever again thou sinkest,. My heart, beneath thy load,. ...
/.../lyra germanica second series the christian life/passion week in the garden.htm

The Christ in the Garden
... SAINT AUGUSTIN V THE CHRIST IN THE GARDEN. "I was tired of devouring ... to weep
freely. He went down into the garden. Alypius, feeling ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/v the christ in the.htm

Thesaurus

Garden (68 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To lay out or cultivate a garden; to labor in a garden; to practice
horticulture. 4. (vt) To cultivate as a garden. Int. ...GARDEN. ...
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Vine-garden (43 Occurrences)
Vine-garden. Vinegar, Vine-garden. Vine-gardens . Multi-Version
Concordance Vine-garden (43 Occurrences). Matthew 20 ...
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Garden-house (1 Occurrence)
Garden-house. Gardenhouse, Garden-house. Gardens . Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia GARDEN-HOUSE. (beth ha-gan): A place ...
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Palace-garden (1 Occurrence)
Palace-garden. Palace-court, Palace-garden. Palaces . Multi-Version
Concordance Palace-garden (1 Occurrence). Esther ...
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Cucumber-garden (1 Occurrence)
Cucumber-garden. Cucumber, Cucumber-garden. Cucumbers . Multi-Version
Concordance Cucumber-garden (1 Occurrence). Isaiah ...
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King's (375 Occurrences)
... Warren suggests that this dale was identical with the KING'S GARDEN (which see),
which he places at the open valley formed at the junction of the Tyropoen with ...
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Uzza (10 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Strengh, a garden in which Manasseh and Amon were buried
(2 Kings 21:18, 26). ... (2) The garden of Uzza (2 Kings 21:18, 26). ...
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Elohim (38 Occurrences)
... soul. (DBY). Genesis 2:8 And Jehovah Elohim planted a garden in Eden eastward,
and there put Man whom he had formed. (DBY). Genesis ...
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Gardens (14 Occurrences)
... Mentioned in Scripture, of Eden (Genesis 2:8, 9); Ahab's garden of herbs (1 Kings
21:2); the royal garden (2 Kings 21:18); the royal garden at Susa (Esther 1:5 ...
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Workmen (52 Occurrences)
... (DBY YLT). Matthew 20:2 And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for
a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden. (BBE DBY YLT). ...
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Resources

What is the location of the Garden of Eden? | GotQuestions.org

Did God literally and visibly walk in the garden (Genesis 3:8)? | GotQuestions.org

Is Göbekli Tepe where the Garden of Eden was located? | GotQuestions.org

Garden: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Garden (68 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:32
which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."
(See NAS NIV)

Mark 4:32
yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."
(See NAS NIV)

Mark 12:2
And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.
(BBE)

Mark 12:8
And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden.
(BBE)

Mark 12:9
What then will the master of the garden do? He will come and put the workmen to death, and will give the garden into the hands of others.
(BBE)

Luke 11:42
"But alas for you Pharisees! for you pay tithes on your mint and rue and every kind of garden vegetable, and are indifferent to justice and the love of God. These are the things you ought to have attended to, while not neglecting the others.
(WEY NAS NIV)

Luke 13:6
And He gave them the following parable. "A man," He said, "who had a fig-tree growing in his garden came to look for fruit on it and could find none.
(WEY BBE)

Luke 13:19
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 20:13
And the lord of the garden said, What am I to do? I will send my dearly loved son; they may give respect to him.
(BBE)

Luke 20:15
And driving him out of the garden they put him to death. Now what will the lord do to these workmen?
(BBE)

Luke 20:16
He will come and put them to destruction and give the garden to others. And when he said this, they said, May it not be so.
(BBE)

John 18:1
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

John 18:26
One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with him?"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

John 19:41
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 2:8
Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 2:10
A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 2:15
Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 2:16
Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said,'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 3:2
The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said,'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 3:8
They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 3:10
The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 3:23
Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 13:10
Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 11:10
For the land, where you go in to possess it, isn't as the land of Egypt, from whence you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:2
My teaching is dropping like rain, coming down like dew on the fields; like rain on the young grass and showers on the garden plants:
(BBE)

2 Samuel 17:18
But a boy saw them, and gave word of it to Absalom: so the two of them went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim who had a water-hole in his garden, and they went down into it.
(BBE)

1 Kings 21:2
Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 4:42
Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God, twenty barley cakes and garden fruit in his bag. And he said, Give these to the people for food.
(BBE)

2 Kings 9:27
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said, "Strike him also in the chariot!" They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

2 Kings 21:18
Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 21:26
He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 25:4
Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:15
The spring gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even to the stairs that go down from the city of David.
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Esther 1:5
When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
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Esther 7:7
The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
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Esther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, "Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?" As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
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Job 8:16
He is green before the sun. His shoots go forth over his garden.
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Song of Songs 4:12
A locked up garden is my sister, my bride; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain.
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Song of Songs 4:13
The produce of the garden is pomegranates; with all the best fruits, henna and spikenard,
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Song of Songs 4:15
a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams from Lebanon.
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Song of Songs 4:16
Awake, north wind; and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits.
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Song of Songs 5:1
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
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Song of Songs 6:2
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
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Song of Songs 6:11
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded.
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Isaiah 1:8
And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
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Isaiah 1:30
For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.
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Isaiah 5:7
For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.
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Isaiah 10:18
And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease.
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Isaiah 17:10
For you have not given honour to the God of your salvation, and have not kept in mind the Rock of your strength; for this cause you made a garden of Adonis, and put in it the vine-cuttings of a strange god;
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Isaiah 51:3
For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
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Isaiah 58:11
and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don't fail.
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Isaiah 61:11
For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
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Jeremiah 10:5
It is like a pillar in a garden of plants, and has no voice: it has to be lifted, for it has no power of walking. Have no fear of it; for it has no power of doing evil and it is not able to do any good.
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Jeremiah 31:12
They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
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Jeremiah 39:4
It happened that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.
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Jeremiah 52:7
Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were against the city all around;) and they went toward the Arabah.
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Lamentations 2:6
He has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he has destroyed his place of assembly: Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, Has despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
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Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.
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Ezekiel 31:8
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir trees were not like its boughs, and the plane trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty.
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Ezekiel 31:9
I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.
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Ezekiel 36:35
They shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.
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Hosea 14:7
Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
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Joel 2:3
A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.
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Micah 7:14
Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the midst of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
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Garden

Garden of Eden

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