H5731A

עֵ֫דֶן

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Eden

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.29.12; son of: Joah (H3098L) § Eden= "pleasure" a Gershonite Levite, son of Joah in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

III. עֵ֫דֶן proper name, of a territory (probably associated by Hebrew with I. עֵדֶן); — district in which lay garden of ׳י home of Adam and Eve: וַיִּטַּע גַּןבְּֿעֵדֶן Gen 2:8, river ׳יֹצֵא מֵע vGen 2:10, ׳קִדְמַתעֿ Gen 4:16 ׳גַּןעֿ Gen 2:15; Gen 3:23; Gen 3:24 (all ᵐ5 Εδεμ); compare ׳כְּגַןעֿ Ezek 36:35; Joel 2:3 and ׳כְּע Isa 51:3 (|| ׳גַּןיֿ), all simile of fertility; גַּןאֱֿלֹהִים ׳ע Ezek 28:13, אֲשֶׁר בְּגַן הָאֱלֹהַים ׳עֲצֵי ע Ezek 31:9, ׳עֲצֵי ע vEzek 31:16 vEzek 31:18, vEzek 31:18 (ᵐ5 Ezekiel Joel ἡ τρυφή; Isaiah παράδεισος).


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