παράδεισος

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paradise

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)