What does "Gardens" mean in the Bible?
Mentioned in Scripture, of Eden (Gen. 2:8, 9); Ahab’s garden of herbs (1 Kings 21:2); the royal garden (2 Kings 21:18); the royal garden at Susa (Esther 1:5); the garden of Joseph of Arimathea (John 19:41); of Gethsemane (John 18:1). Gardens appears in 8 verses across 5 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Gardens?
Mentioned in Scripture, of Eden (Gen. 2:8, 9); Ahab’s garden of herbs (1 Kings 21:2); the royal garden (2 Kings 21:18); the royal garden at Susa (Esther 1:5); the garden of Joseph of Arimathea (John 19:41); of Gethsemane (John 18:1). The “king’s garden” mentioned 2 Kings 25:4, Neh. 3:15, was near the Pool of Siloam. Gardens were surrounded by hedges of thorns (Isa. 5:5) or by walls of stone (Prov. 24:31). “Watch-towers” or “lodges” were also built in them (Isa. 1:8; Mark 12:1), in which their keepers sat. On account of their retirement they were frequently used as places for secret prayer and communion with God (Gen. 24:63; Matt. 26:30-36; John 1:48; 18:1, 2). The dead were sometimes buried in gardens (Gen. 23:19, 20; 2 Kings 21:18, 26; 1 Sam. 25:1; Mark 15:46; John 19:41). (See PARADISE.)
Definition text: Easton's Bible Dictionary · 1897. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Gardens?
Where does Gardens appear in the Bible?
Gardens is referenced in 8 verses across 5 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Amos 4:9
- Amos 9:14
- Ecclesiastes 2:5
- Isaiah 1:29
- Isaiah 65:3
- Jeremiah 29:5
- Jeremiah 29:28
- Numbers 24:6
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Gardens.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Gardens?
Gardens appears in 8 verses across 5 books, most often in Amos, which accounts for 2 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Gardens?
Amos, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ecclesiastes, Numbers.
Where can I read every verse about Gardens?
This page lists 8 of them. Protos carries all 8, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
