Park
פַּרְדֵּסStrong’s H6508pardes (par-des)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pardes is the Hebrew word usually translated “forest”, “parks” and “garden of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.”
Meaning
- Park, preserve, enclosed garden, forest
How it's translated
- the forest 1
- and parks 1
- a garden of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 1
- Ecclesiastes 1
- Song of Solomon 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
פַּרְדֵּס pardes · park
park, preserve, enclosed garden, forest
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “park” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
P'ARK, noun
[Latin parcus, saving.]
A large piece of ground inclosed and privileged for wild beasts of chase, in England, by the king's grant or by prescription. To constitute a park three things are required; a royal grant or license; inclosure by pales, a wall or hedge; and beasts of chase, as deer, etc.
All definitions and other forms of “park”
P'ARK, verb transitive
To inclose in a park
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.