Garden of Eden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

In the Book of Genesis of the Bible and Surat Sad of the Qur'an, a garden at the source of the Gihon, Pishon, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers, where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.

noun

An idyllic place wherein innocence and perfection reign; any delightful region or abode; a pastoral utopia; an Arcadia.
A state or condition of unsullied innocence.
A pattern that can only exist as an initial state and is not attainable from any other state.

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Garden of Eden the Garden of Eden Gardens of Eden

Calque of Biblical Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן (gan ʿḗḏen).

earthly paradise paradise

Garden of Weeden

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