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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 42 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9 - And out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree 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 Box Gen 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10 - A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:15 - The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:16 - And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God say, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 - And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8 - And they heard the sound 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 Box Gen 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10 - And he said, "I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:23

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zo'ar; this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomor'rah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:10 - For the land which you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your feet, like a garden of vegetables;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2 - And after this Ahab said to Naboth, "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house; and I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its value in money."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - When Ahazi'ah the king of Judah saw this, he fled in the direction of Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, and said, "Shoot him also"; and they shot him in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megid'do, and died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:18 - And Manas'seh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza; and Amon his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:26 - And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza; and Josi'ah his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then a breach was made in the city; the king with all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, though the Chalde'ans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 - And Shallum the son of Colho'zeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he rebuilt it and covered it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars; and he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the king's garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a garden locked, a fountain sealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 - a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its fragrance be wafted abroad. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I come to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gather my myrrh with my spice, I eat my honeycomb with my honey, I drink my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink: drink deeply, O lovers!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 - My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:13 - O you who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice; let me hear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - For the LORD will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:11 - And the LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your desire with good things, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:12 - They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the LORD, over the grain, the wine, and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; their life shall be like a watered garden, and they shall languish no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:4 - When Zedeki'ah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls; and they went toward the Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - Then a breach was made in the city; and all the men of war fled and went out from the city by night by the way of a gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, while the Chalde'ans were round about the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:6 - He has broken down his booth like that of a garden, laid in ruins the place of his appointed feasts; the LORD has brought to an end in Zion appointed feast and sabbath, and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, carnelian, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, beryl, and onyx, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald; and wrought in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor the fir trees equal its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared with its branches; no tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9 - I made it beautiful in the mass of its branches, and all the trees of Eden envied it, that were in the garden of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - And they will say, 'This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now inhabited and fortified.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:3 - Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but after them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them.
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