Encyclopedia entry
Paradise
A Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a “pleasure-ground” or “park” or “king’s garden.” (See EDEN.) It came in course of time to be used as a name for the world of happiness and rest hereafter (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 12:4; Rev. 2:7). For “garden” in Gen. 2:8 the LXX. has “paradise.”
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
This is a word of Persian origin, and is used in the Septuagint as the translation of Eden. It means “an orchard of pleasure and fruits,” a “garden” or “pleasure ground,” something like an English park. It is applied figuratively to the celestial dwelling of the righteous, in allusion to the garden of Eden. (2 Corinthians 12:4; Revelation 2:7) It has thus come into familiar use to denote both that garden and the heaven of the just.
In the Bible
3
Verses where Paradise is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Corinthians 12:4
was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.
- Luke 23:43
And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
- Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
Scripture on Paradise
4
Entries that reference Paradise
10
Paradise references
5
Voices on Paradise
21
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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