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Garden of Eden

Garden of Eden proper noun: in the Book of Genesis of the Bible and Surat Sad of the Qur'an, a garden at the source of the Gihon, Pishon, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers, where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.

Proper noun

the Garden of Eden (plural Gardens of Eden)

  1. In the Book of Genesis of the Bible and Surat Sad of the Qur'an, a garden at the source of the Gihon, Pishon, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers, where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.
    • Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:23–24
    • Latter-day Saints know, through modern revelation, that the Garden of Eden was on the North American continent and that Adam and Eve began their conquest of the earth in the upper part of what is now the state of Missouri.1943, John A. Widtsoe, Evidences and Reconciliations: Aids to Faith in a Modern Day, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, ch. 22, page 127

Noun

Garden of Eden (plural Gardens of Eden)

  1. (figuratively) An idyllic place wherein innocence and perfection reign; any delightful region or abode; a pastoral utopia; an Arcadia.
    • Near-synonyms: earthly paradise, paradise, rose garden
    • The utopian socialists promised the peasants a Garden of Eden.
  2. (figuratively) A state or condition of unsullied innocence.
  3. A pattern that can only exist as an initial state and is not attainable from any other state.
    • In this paper the author presents some properties regarding the existence or non-existence of gardens of Eden for the cellular automata.1986, Patrick Chenin, Claire Di Crescenzo, François Robert, Computers and Computing: Proceedings, page 181
    • I have gotten interested in Garden-of-Eden configurations in Life. All that I have been able to uncover thus far is that there are 2 know configurations:1989 October 20, Rajeev Pandey, “hints and topics, anyone?”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)

Garden of Eden meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

Garden of Eden in Hindi

place where Adam and Eve first lived
अदन की वाटिका adan kī vāṭikā

Garden of Eden in Tamil

ஏதேன் தோட்டம்

Garden of Eden in Arabic

place where Adam and Eve first lived
عَدْن ʕadn, جَنَّة عَدْن jannat ʕadn, جَنَّات عَدْن jannāt ʕadn

Garden of Eden in Indonesian

place where Adam and Eve first lived
taman Eden

Synonyms of Garden of Eden

Forms of Garden of Eden

Proper noun
pluralGardens of Eden
Noun
pluralGardens of Eden

Origin of Garden of Eden

Calque of Biblical Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן (gan ʿḗḏen).

Words formed from Garden of Eden

Questions about Garden of Eden

What does Garden of Eden mean?
Garden of Eden means in the Book of Genesis of the Bible and Surat Sad of the Qur'an, a garden at the source of the Gihon, Pishon, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers, where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.
What is Garden of Eden in Hindi?
Garden of Eden in Hindi is अदन की वाटिका (adan kī vāṭikā). See Garden of Eden meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Garden of Eden?
Garden of Eden can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Garden of Eden in the dictionary

  1. garden nasturtium
  2. garden nasturtiums
  3. garden net
  4. garden nets
  5. garden nightshade
  6. Garden of Eden
  7. Garden of England
  8. Garden of Weed-en
  9. Garden of Weeden
  10. garden office
  11. garden offices

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