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Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H5731

עֵדֶן

Edenay'-den

Eden; Eden; Eden

16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʻÊden

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5731is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 5 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 11
    spellings
  • 3
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5731

Eden, the region of Adam's home

The King James renders it: Eden.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

Eden is rendered "Eden; Eden; Eden". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.

  • Six of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "Eden".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:8And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
  • The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.

The first use

And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

Genesis 2:8בְעֵ֖דֶן

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Six of the word's sixteen uses are in Genesis.

The other 34 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries three meanings: Eden, and Eden, and Eden.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
EdenStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 2:8And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
EdenStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
EdenStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • Eden11
  • in Eden2
  • and Eden1
  • from Eden1
  • like Eden1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

עֵדֶרederflockUses38
עֵדֶןedendelicacyUses4

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 16, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

11 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • עֵ֔דֶן3
  • עֵ֑דֶן3
  • עֵ֜דֶן2
  • בְעֵ֖דֶן1
  • בְּעֵ֨דֶן1
  • וְעֵ֖דֶן1
  • כְּעֵ֔דֶן1
  • מֵעֵ֔דֶן1
  • עֵ֣דֶן1
  • עֵ֨דֶן1
  • עֵֽדֶן׃1

The grammar of each form

  • proper noun (a name)10HNpl
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)4HR/Npl
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
  • proper noun (a name)1HNpm

Genesis

six uses
  • And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

    Genesis 2:8

    • בְעֵ֖דֶןbeedenpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Eden
  • Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

    Genesis 2:10

    • מֵעֵ֔דֶןmeedenpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Eden
  • Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

    Genesis 2:15

    • עֵ֔דֶןʾedenproper noun (a name)tagged: Eden
  • Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

    Genesis 3:23

    • עֵ֑דֶןʾedenproper noun (a name)tagged: Eden
  • So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

    Genesis 3:24

    • עֵ֜דֶןʾedenproper noun (a name)tagged: Eden
  • So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

    Genesis 4:16

    • עֵֽדֶן׃ʾedenproper noun (a name)tagged: Eden

2 Chronicles

two uses
  • Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;

    2 Chronicles 29:12

    • וְעֵ֖דֶןveedenconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Eden
  • Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.

    2 Chronicles 31:15

    • עֵ֣דֶןʾedenproper noun (a name)tagged: Eden

Isaiah

one use
  • For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

    Isaiah 51:3

    • כְּעֵ֔דֶןkeedenpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: like Eden

Ezekiel

six uses
  • You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

    Ezekiel 28:13

    • בְּעֵ֨דֶןbeedenpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Eden
  • I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’

    Ezekiel 31:9

    • עֵ֔דֶןʾedenproper noun (a name)tagged: Eden
  • I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

    Ezekiel 31:16

    • עֵ֔דֶןʾedenproper noun (a name)tagged: Eden
  • Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”

    Ezekiel 31:18

    • עֵ֑דֶןʾedenproper noun (a name)tagged: Eden
    • עֵ֜דֶןʾedenproper noun (a name)tagged: Eden
  • Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’

    Ezekiel 36:35

    • עֵ֑דֶןʾedenproper noun (a name)tagged: Eden

Joel

one use
  • Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them.

    Joel 2:3

    • עֵ֨דֶןʾedenproper noun (a name)tagged: Eden

The letters

Gematria 124· 774 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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