G3857: παράδεισος
parádeisos · “paradise”
Definition
a park, i.e. (specially), an Eden (place of future happiness, "paradise")
KJV translates it as: paradise
Word origin: of Oriental origin (compare H6508);
Extended definition
παράδεισος, -ου, ὁ
(an Oriental word, first used by Xen. of the parks of Persian kings and nobles) [in LXX chiefly for גַּן, Gen.1:8 ff., al.; also for עֵדֶן, Isa.51:3; פַּרְדֵּס, Neh.2:8, Ecc.2:5 ;]
1. a park, pleasure-ground, garden (LXX), an orchard (in π., see MM, ii, xviii; Deiss., BS, 148).
2. Paradise, the abode of the blessed dead: Luk.23:43, 2Co.12:4, Rev.2:7.†
(AS)
(an Oriental word, first used by Xen. of the parks of Persian kings and nobles) [in LXX chiefly for גַּן, Gen.1:8 ff., al.; also for עֵדֶן, Isa.51:3; פַּרְדֵּס, Neh.2:8, Ecc.2:5 ;]
1. a park, pleasure-ground, garden (LXX), an orchard (in π., see MM, ii, xviii; Deiss., BS, 148).
2. Paradise, the abode of the blessed dead: Luk.23:43, 2Co.12:4, Rev.2:7.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3857 is translated
- paradise ×2
- paradise. ×1
Bible verses with G3857 (parádeisos)
Parádeisos appears in 3 verses.
- Luke 23:43
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
- 2 Corinthians 12:4
How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
- Revelation 2:7
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.