Garden of Eden

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Garden of Eden

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Calque of Biblical Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן (gan ʿḗḏen).

proper noun the Garden of Eden · 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.

    Similar: Paradise, paradise, earthly paradise

noun 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

    Similar: earthly paradise, paradise, rose garden

  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.

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name place where Adam and Eve first lived

Españoljardín de Edén
한국어에덴 동산
日本語エデンの園
中文伊甸園 /伊甸园 Yīdiànyuán
हिन्दीअदन की वाटिका adan kī vāṭikā
Kiswahilibustani ya Edeni
PortuguêsJardim do Éden
Françaisjardin d'Éden, Éden
DeutschGarten Eden
Italianogiardino dell'Eden
ΕλληνικάΕδέμ Edém
RomânăGrădina Edenului
РусскийЭде́м Edɛ́m
العربيةعَدْن ʕadn, جَنَّة عَدْن jannat ʕadn, جَنَّات عَدْن jannāt ʕadn
עבריתגַּן עֵדֶן gan 'éden

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@misc{garden_of_eden_2026,
  title = {Garden of Eden},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/garden%20of%20eden},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}