What does "Garden" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Garden?

GAR'DEN. Isa 1:8. The gardens of the Hebrews were enclosures upon the outskirts of towns. Allusions to them are made Gen 21:33; Num 24:6; Job 8:16, and there is reason to suppose that they were chiefly devoted to fruit- and shade-trees and aromatic plants and herbs. 1 Kgs 21:2; Song 4:12-16. A reservoir of water was considered an indispensable appendage, either in the form of a fountain, a well, or a stream passing through it. Gen 2:10; Num 13:10. The gardens around Damascus are abundantly watered by little currents which are made to flow through every part of them. Beautiful allusions to this are made. Prov 21:1; Isa 58:11; Eccl 2:5-6. Gardens were used to some extent as burying-places, John 19:41, and also as places of religious worship and retirement. Isa 1:29; Isa 65:3. The custom at the present day is, as in the past, to erect a hut upon an artificial mound built in the centre of the field in which is a valuable crop, such as cucumbers, gourds, etc. In this hut a watchman lives until the crop is secured. This fact explains the allusion in Isa 1:8. When the harvest is over the hut is deserted, and gradually falls to pieces.

What is the Hebrew word for Garden?

Where does Garden appear in the Bible?

Garden is referenced in 34 verses across 12 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 1 Kings 21:2
• 2 Kings 21:26
• 2 Kings 25:4
• Deuteronomy 11:10
• Ezekiel 31:8
• Ezekiel 31:9
• Ezekiel 36:35
• Genesis 2:8
• Genesis 2:9
• Genesis 2:10
• Genesis 2:15
• Genesis 2:16
• Genesis 3:1
• Genesis 3:2
• Genesis 3:3
• Genesis 3:8
• Genesis 3:10
• Genesis 3:23
• Genesis 3:24
• Isaiah 51:3
• Isaiah 58:11
• Jeremiah 31:12
• Jeremiah 39:4
• Jeremiah 52:7

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Garden.