Phrase guide

Garden of Eden

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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name

Meaning 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.

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: earthly paradise, paradise

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

An idyllic place wherein innocence and perfection reign; any delightful region or abode; a pastoral utopia; an Arcadia.

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Usage: figuratively

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noun

Meaning 3

A state or condition of unsullied innocence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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noun

Meaning 4

A pattern that can only exist as an initial state and is not attainable from any other state.

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Topics: cellular-automata, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 5

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)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Eden

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Heaven

History

Etymology

Calque of Biblical Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן (gan ʿḗḏen).

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَدْن (ʕadn) — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Arabic: جَنَّة عَدْن (jannat ʕadn) — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Arabic: جَنَّات عَدْن (jannāt ʕadn) — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Basque: Eden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Catalan: Jardí de l'Edèn — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Chinese Cantonese: 伊甸園 /伊甸园 — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Hakka Chinese: 伊甸園 /伊甸园 (Yî-thien-yèn) — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Chinese: 埃田園 /埃田园 (Ai-tiân-hn̂g) — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伊甸園 /伊甸园 (Yīdiànyuán) — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Maore Comorian: zarde ya Eden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Danish: Eden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Danish: Edens Have — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Danish: Paradisets Have — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Dutch: hof van Eden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Estonian: Eedeni aed — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Ewe: Eden-bɔ — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Finnish: Eedenin puutarha — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • French: jardin d'Éden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Galician: Xardín do Edén — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • German: Garten Eden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Greek: Εδέμ (Edém) — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Ancient Greek: Ἐδέμ (Edém) — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Hebrew: גַּן עֵדֶן (gan 'éden) — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Hindi: अदन की वाटिका (adan kī vāṭikā) — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Hungarian: édenkert — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Hungarian: éden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Indonesian: taman Eden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Irish: Gairdín Pharthais — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Irish: Gairdín Éidin — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Italian: giardino dell'Eden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Japanese: エデンの園 — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Korean: 에덴 동산 — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Ladino: ganedén — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Latin: hortus in Eden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Latin: paradisus in Eden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Latin: paradisus voluptatis — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Latvian: Ēdenes dārzs — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Edens hage — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Edens hage — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hagen i Eden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Portuguese: Jardim do Éden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Romanian: Grădina Edenului — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Russian: Эде́м (Edɛ́m) — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Spanish: jardín de Edén — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Swahili: bustani ya Edeni — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Ukrainian: Едем (Edem) — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Welsh: Gardd Eden — place where Adam and Eve first lived
  • Yiddish: גן־עדן (gan-eydn) — place where Adam and Eve first lived