A Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a “pleasure-ground” or “park” or “king’s garden.” (See EDEN.) It came in course of time to be used as a name for the age to come (Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 12:4; Revelation 2:7). For “garden” in Genesis 2:8 the Septuagint has “paradise.”
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Author: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Keywords: Paradise
Source: Matthew G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary.
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