◄ G3857 ►
παράδεισος
Transliteration
paradeisos;
Pronunciation
par-ad'-i-sos
Parts of Speech
n m
Root Word (Etymology)
of Oriental origin cf , 6508
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: TDNT 5:765
KJV Translation Count — 3x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: paradise (3)
Outline of Biblical Usage
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; it was enclosed by walls and furnished with towers for the hunters
2. a garden, pleasure ground
a. grove, park
3. the part of Hades which was thought by the later Jews to be the abode of the souls of pious until the resurrection: but some understand this to be a heavenly paradise
4. the upper regions of the heavens. According to the early church Fathers, the paradise in which our first parents dwelt before the fall still exists, neither on the earth or in the heavens, but above and beyond the world
5. heaven
Strong's Definitions
par-ad'-i-sos; of Oriental origin [compare Hebrew {6508} (pardec)]; a park, i.e. (special) an Eden (place of future happiness, "paradise"): — paradise.
Concordance Results Using KJV
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in G3857.
How that he was caught up into G3857, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
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 G3857 of God.