Parádeisos — G3857

Definition

masculine noun

a park, i.e. (specially), an Eden (place of future happiness, "paradise")

1. among the Persians a grand enclosure or preserve, hunting-ground, park, shady and well-watered, in which wild animals were kept for the hunt
2. universally, a garden, pleasure-ground
3. that part of Hades which was thought by the later Jews to be the abode of the souls of the pious until the resurrection
4. an upper region in the heavens

Usually translated as

paradise

Origin

of Oriental origin (compare H6508)

Hebrew equivalents

• Pardêç (H6508)

Occurrences

Parádeisos occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Revelation (1)

• Luke 23:43 — And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise (παραδείσῳ).
• 2 Corinthians 12:4 — How that he was caught up into paradise (παράδεισον), 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 (παραδείσῳ) of God.