eden · Eden

What it means

eden (עֵדֶן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Eden”.

The name of the region where God planted the garden. In Hebrew the word sounds just like "delight".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×6
• 2 Chronicles×2
• Isaiah×1
• Ezekiel×6
• Joel×1

• Genesis 2:8

  And YHWH Elohim planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

• Genesis 2:10

  And a river went out from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided and became four branches.

• Genesis 2:15

  And YHWH Elohim took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it.

• Genesis 3:23

  And YHWH Elohim sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

• Genesis 3:24

  And he drove out the man, and he stationed east of the garden of Eden the cherubim and the flame of the sword that turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

• Genesis 4:16

  And Cain went out from the presence of YHWH and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

• 2 Chronicles 29:12

  Then the Levites arose: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;

• 2 Chronicles 31:15

  Beside him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, with faithfulness to give to their brothers by divisions, to great and small alike,

• Isaiah 51:3

  For YHWH will comfort Zion, he will comfort all her ruins; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her Arabah like the garden of YHWH; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of song.

• Ezekiel 28:13

  In Eden, the garden of Elohim, you were; every precious stone was your covering: ruby, topaz, and diamond, chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, and gold; the work of your tambourines and of your settings was in you; on the day you were created they were prepared.

• Ezekiel 31:9

  Beautiful I made it in the abundance of its branches, and all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of Elohim.’

• Ezekiel 31:16

  At the sound of its fall I made nations quake, when I brought it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and they were comforted in the land below, all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all who drink water.

• Ezekiel 31:18

  To whom are you like, thus, in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? And you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the land below; in the midst of the uncircumcised you will lie, with those slain by the sword. That is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares Adonai YHWH.’”

• Ezekiel 36:35

  And they will say, “This land, the desolate one, has become like the garden of Eden; and the ruined cities, and the desolate and the torn down, are fortified and inhabited.”

• Joel 2:3

  Before it fire devours, and behind it flame blazes; like the garden of Eden is the land before it, and behind it a desolate wilderness; and nothing escapes it.

And 1 more times.