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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

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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 Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9 - and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10 - And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief rivers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:15 - And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:16 - And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, 'Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, 'Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 - And the woman saith unto the serpent, 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:3 - and of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8 - And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10 - and he saith, 'Thy sound I have heard in the garden, and I am afraid, for I am naked, and I hide myself.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:23 - Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - yea, he casteth out the man, and causeth to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flame of the sword which is turning itself round to guard the way of the tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it is all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:10 - 'For the land whither thou art going in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt whence ye have come out, where thou sowest thy seed, and hast watered with thy foot, as a garden of the green herb;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2 - and Ahab speaketh unto Naboth, saying, 'Give to me thy vineyard, and it is to me for a garden of green herbs, for it is near by my house, and I give to thee in its stead a better vineyard than it; if good in thine eyes, I give to thee silver -- its price.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - And Ahaziah king of Judah hath seen, and fleeth the way of the garden-house, and Jehu pursueth after him, and saith, 'Smite him -- also him -- in the chariot,' in the going up to Gur, that is Ibleam, and he fleeth to Megiddo, and dieth there,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:18 - And Manasseh lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza, and reign doth Amon his son in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:26 - and one burieth him in his burying-place in the garden of Uzza, and reign doth Josiah his son in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - then the city is broken up, and all the men of war go by night the way of the gate, between the two walls that are by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans are against the city round about, and the king goeth the way of the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 - And the gate of the fountain hath Shallum son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, strengthened: he doth build it, and cover it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Siloah, to the garden of the king, and unto the steps that are going down from the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - A garden shut up is my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 - A fount of gardens, a well of living waters, And flowings 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, Cause my garden to breathe forth, its spices let flow, Let my beloved come to his garden, And eat its pleasant fruits!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 - My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:13 - The companions are attending to thy voice, Cause me to hear. Flee, my beloved, and be like to a roe,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:11 - And Jehovah doth lead thee continually, And hath satisfied in drought thy soul, And thy bones He armeth, And thou hast been as a watered garden, And as an outlet of waters, whose waters lie not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:12 - And they have come in, And have sung in the high place of Zion, And flowed unto the goodness of Jehovah, For wheat, and for new wine, and for oil, And for the young of the flock and herd, And their soul hath been as a watered garden, And they add not to grieve any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:4 - And it cometh to pass, when Zedekiah king of Judah, and all the men of war, have seen them, that they flee and go forth by night from the city, the way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and he goeth forth the way of the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - then is the city broken up, and all the men of war flee, and go forth from the city by night, the way of the gate between the two walls, that is by the king's garden -- and the Chaldeans are by the city round about -- and they go the way of the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:6 - And He shaketh as a garden His tabernacle, He hath destroyed His appointed place, Jehovah hath forgotten in Zion the appointed time and sabbath, And despiseth, in the indignation of His anger, king and priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - In Eden, the garden of God, thou hast been, Every precious stone thy covering, Ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle, and gold, The workmanship of thy tabrets, and of thy pipes, In thee in the day of thy being produced, have been prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9 - Fair I have made him in the multitude of his thin shoots, And envy him do all trees of Eden that are in the garden of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - And they have said: This land, that was desolated, Hath been as the garden of Eden, And the cities -- the wasted, And the desolated, and the broken down, Fenced places have remained.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:3 - Before it consumed hath fire, And after it burn doth a flame, As the garden of Eden is the land before it, And after it a wilderness -- a desolation! And also an escape there hath not been to it,
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