Definitions for edenˈid n

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

E•denˈid n(n.)

  1. Category: Bible

    Ref: Also called Garden of Eden.

  2. a delightful place.

  3. a state of bliss.

Origin of Eden:

< Heb 'ēden delight

E•den•iciˈdɛn ɪk(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la(noun)

    any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

  2. Eden, Garden of Eden(noun)

    a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)

Wiktionary

  1. Eden(ProperNoun)

    A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia

  2. Eden(ProperNoun)

    A paradise on Earth; a state of innocence

  3. Eden(ProperNoun)

    Various place names

  4. Eden(ProperNoun)

    , probably derived from a place name.

  5. Eden(ProperNoun)

    from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of compound names beginning with the element u0113ad.

  6. Origin: עדן, perhaps from e-den "Steppe, garden".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Eden(noun)

    the garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Eden

    Paradise, the original spot referred to by tradition wholly uncertain, though believed to have been in the Far East, identified in Moslem tradition with the moon.


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