Lexical Definition

‎גַּן‎ gan (gan) Garden (of Uzza) ^H:N
from ‎גָּנַן‎

garden.

• a garden (as fenced)

n m/f
1) garden, enclosure
1a) enclosed garden
1a1) (fig. of a bride)
1b) garden (of plants)
n pr loc
1c) Garden of Eden

See Greek: ἄμπελος · κῆπος · παράδεισος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גַּן‎ noun masculine^{Song 4:12} & (Gen 2:15) feminine enclosure, garden (Late Hebrew id., ‎גַּנָּה‎ Arabic , Ethiopic Assyrian ginû COT^Gloss, also gannatu Dl^{Pr 84}; Aramaic ‎גִּנָּא‎, ‎גִּנְתָּא‎, ; Phoenician ‎פר אגנן אם צץ‎[‎צ‎] CIS^{i, 165, 11 & p. 232 f.} birds of enclosure (domestic fowls) or of wing) — absolute ‎גַּן‎ Gen 2:8 + 3 t.; construct id. Gen 2:15 + 19 t.; with article ‎הַגָּן‎ Gen 2:9 + 9 t., but ‎כַּגַּן‎ Lam 2:6 suffix ‎גַּנִּי‎ Song 4:16; Song 5:1, ‎גַּנּוֺ‎ Song 4:16; Song 6:2 Plural ‎גַּנִּים‎ Song 4:15 + 2 t. — garden as enclosure Lam 2:6 (simile); ‎הַיּוֺשֶׁבֶת בַּגַּנִּים‎ Song 8:13 compare Song 4:12 (figurative of, bride ‎גַּן נָעוּל‎); g. of herbs (‎יָרָק‎) Deut 11:10; 1Kgs 21:2 figurative of bride, g. of plants, fruits, and spices Song 4:16 (twice in verse); Song 5:1; Song 6:2 (twice in verse) compare ‎מַעְיַן גנים‎ Song 4:15 g. of (king's) house) 2Kgs 21:18 = ‎גַּןעֻֿזָּא‎ 2Kgs 21:18; 2Kgs 21:26 ‎גַּן הַמֶּלֶךְ‎ 2Kgs 25:4; Jer 39:4; Jer 52:7; Neh 3:15, compare ‎בֵּית הַגָּן‎) 2Kgs 9:27 (at Jez-reel ? but this perhaps proper name, of a location see below ‎בית‎ p. III ); most often of garden (orchard ?) in Eden (Hexateuch only Gen & only J) Gen 2:8; Gen 2:9; Gen 2:10; Gen 2:16; Gen 3:1; Gen 3:2; Gen 3:3; Gen 3:8 (twice in verse); Gen 3:10, called ‎גַּןעֵֿדֶן‎ Gen 2:15; Gen 3:23; Gen 3:24; Ezek 36:35; Joel 2:3, compare ‎׳‎‎גןיֿ‎ Gen 13:10; Isa 51:3 (both in simile); ‎גןאֿלהים‎ Ezek 28:13 (‎׳‎‎עֵדֶן גןאֿל‎), Ezek 31:8 (twice in verse); Ezek 31:9 (|| ‎עֵדֶן‎); in last three the trees of the garden are compare with Assyrian under figure of cedar of Lebanon.

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