Garden
גַּןStrong’s H1588gan
Appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Gan is the Hebrew word usually translated “garden”, “garden of” and “like garden of”. It appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”
Meaning
- This name means garden, enclosure
- Garden, enclosureenclosed garden · garden (of plants) · Garden of Eden
How it's translated
- the garden 7
- in garden of 7
- like garden of 5
- garden of 4
- a garden 2
- in the garden 2
- of garden of 2
- to garden his 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 13
- Song of Solomon 6
- 2 Kings 4
- Ezekiel 4
- Jeremiah 3
- Isaiah 2
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 2:9And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
- Genesis 2:15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Genesis 2:16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
- Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
- Genesis 3:2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Hebrew dictionary
גַּן gan · Garden (of Uzza)
This name means garden, enclosure
גַּן gan · garden
1) garden, enclosure 1a) enclosed garden 1a1) (fig. of a bride) 1b) garden (of plants) 1c) Garden of Eden
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “garden” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
G'ARDEN, noun
[Eng. yard, an inclosed place; Latin hortus.]
- A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, or plants, fruits and flowers; usually near a mansion-house.
- A rich, well cultivated spot or tract of country; a delightful spot.
All definitions and other forms of “garden”
G'ARDEN, verb intransitive
To layout and to cultivate a garden; to prepare ground to plant and till it, for the purpose of producing plants, shrubs, flowers and fruits.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.