עֶדֶן
ʻEden · eh'-den
Eden, a place in Mesopotamia
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5727 (עָדַן); pleasure;
Eden, a place in Mesopotamia
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Eden.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the doorway, the way in › the seed, life continuing
To see and know of the doorway, the way in of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֶדֶן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of eden2 · 67%
- and eden1 · 33%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.