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Lexicon :: Strong's H1588 - gan

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גַּן
Transliteration
gan
Pronunciation
gan
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 367a

Strong’s Definitions

גַּן gan, gan; from H1598; a garden (as fenced):—garden.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H1588 in the following manner: garden (42x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H1588 in the following manner: garden (42x).
masculine/feminine noun

  1. garden, enclosure

    1. enclosed garden

      1. (fig. of a bride)

    2. garden (of plants)

      proper locative noun

    3. Garden of Eden

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גַּן gan, gan; from H1598; a garden (as fenced):—garden.
STRONGS H1588: Abbreviations
† גַּן noun masculineSong of Solomon 4:12 & (Genesis 2:15) feminine enclosure, garden (Late Hebrew id., גַּנָּה Arabic bdb017101, Ethiopic bdb017102 Assyrian ginû COTGloss, also gannatu DlPr 84; Aramaic גִּנָּא, גִּנְתָּא, bdb017103; Phoenician פר אגנן אם צץ [צ] CISi, 165, 11 & p. 232 f. birds of enclosure (domestic fowls) or of wing) — absolute גַּן Genesis 2:8 + 3 times; construct id. Genesis 2:15 + 19 times; with article הַגָּן Genesis 2:9 + 9 times, but כַּגַּן Lamentations 2:6; suffix גַּנִּי Songs 4:16; Songs 5:1, גַּנּוֺ Songs 4:16; Songs 6:2; Plural גַּנִּים Songs 4:15 + 2 times — garden as enclosure Lamentations 2:6 (simile); הַיּוֺשֶׁבֶת בַּגַּנִּים Songs 8:13; compare Songs 4:12 (figurative of, bride גַּן נָעוּל); g. of herbs (יָרָק) Deuteronomy 11:10; 1 Kings 21:2; figurative of bride, g. of plants, fruits, and spices Songs 4:16 (twice in verse); Songs 5:1; Songs 6:2 (twice in verse) compare מַעְיַן גנים Songs 4:15; g. of (king's) house) 2 Kings 21:18 = גַּן־עֻזָּא 2 Kings 21:18, 26; גַּן הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 Kings 25:4; Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 52:7; Nehemiah 3:15, compare בֵּית הַגָּן) 2 Kings 9:27 (at Jez-reel ? but this perhaps proper name, of a location see below); most often of garden (orchard ?) in Eden (Hexateuch only Gen & only J) Genesis 2:8, 9, 10, 16; Genesis 3:1, 2, 3, 8 (twice in verse); Genesis 3:10, called גַּן־עֵדֶן Genesis 2:15; Genesis 3:23, 24; Ezekiel 36:35; Joel 2:3, compare גן־י׳ Genesis 13:10; Isaiah 51:3 (both in simile); גן־אלהים Ezekiel 28:13 (עֵדֶן גן־אל׳), Ezekiel 31:8 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 31:9 (|| עֵדֶן); in last three the trees of the garden are compare with Assyrian under figure of cedar of Lebanon.

בֵּית הַגָּן proper name, of a location? Greek Version of the LXX Βαιθαν (Βαιατγαν), LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Βαιθωρων, 2 Kings 9:27; modern Jenîn? see H1588 גַּן and H5873 עֵין גַּנִּים; compare StaGesch i. 542.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:8; 2:8; 2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 2:15; 2:15; 2:15; 2:16; 3:1; 3:2; 3:3; 3:8; 3:10; 3:23; 3:24; 13:10

Deuteronomy

11:10

1 Kings

21:2

2 Kings

9:27; 9:27; 21:18; 21:18; 21:26; 25:4

Nehemiah

3:15

Song of Songs

4:12; 4:12; 4:15; 4:15; 4:16; 4:16; 4:16; 5:1; 5:1; 6:2; 6:2; 8:13

Isaiah

51:3

Jeremiah

39:4; 52:7

Lamentations

2:6; 2:6

Ezekiel

28:13; 31:8; 31:9; 36:35

Joel

2:3

H1588

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1588 matches the Hebrew גַּן (gan),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:8 - The LORD God planted a garden eastward, in `Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9 - Out of the ground the LORD God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10 - A river went out of `Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:15 - The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of `Eden to dress it and to keep it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:16 - The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 - The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:3 - but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8 - They heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10 - The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:23 - Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of `Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - So he drove out the man; and he placed Keruvs at the east of the garden of `Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Yarden, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sedom and `Amorah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Mitzrayim, as you go to Tzo`ar.
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