H1040

בֵּית עֶ֑דֶן

bet e.denN:N--L

Beth-eden

§ Beth-eden = "house of delight" a city in Syria, modern Juseih (cuneiform = Bit Adini)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

בֵּית עֶ֑דֶן proper name, of a location Amos 1:5 Aramaean city, or land = Paradisus (Ptol^Geogr. see 14); modern Jusieh (compare Rob^{BR iii. 556}) ? or cuneiform Bit-Adini, in Mesopotamia compare Schr^{KG 199} Dl^{Pa 263 f.}; COT 2Kgs 19:12 & see below עֶדֶן; otherwise St, & Hoffm^{ZAW iii. 1883, 97}.

1 occurrence

Amos 1:5