Paradeisos

par-ad'-i-sos
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Paradeisos Definition

  1. among the Persians a grand enclosure or preserve, hunting ground, park, shady and well watered, in which wild animals, were kept for the hunt; it was enclosed by walls and furnished with towers for the hunters
  2. a garden, pleasure ground
    1. grove, park
  3. the part of Hades which was thought by the later Jews to be the abode of the souls of pious until the resurrection: but some understand this to be a heavenly paradise
  4. the upper regions of the heavens. According to the early church Fathers, the paradise in which our first parents dwelt before the fall still exists, neither on the earth or in the heavens, but above and beyond the world
  5. heaven
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
paravdeisoß
Origin
of Oriental origin cf (06508)
Strong's Number
3857
TDNT Entry
5:765,777

KJV Word Usage

paradise
3
Total
3

KJV Verse Count

1
1
1
Total
3
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Paradeisos". "The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon". . .