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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 BoxGen 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:8 - And God planted a garden eastward in Edem, and placed there the man whom he had formed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9 - And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful [fn]to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning [fn]the knowledge of good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:10 - And a river proceeds out of Edem to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:15 - And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:16 - And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou [fn]mayest freely eat,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the brutes on the earth, which the Lord God made, and the serpent said to the woman, Wherefore has God said, Eat not of every tree of the garden?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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 BoxGen 3:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the afternoon; and both Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10 - And he said to him, I heard [fn]thy voice as thou walkedst in the garden, and I feared because I [fn]was naked and I hid myself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:23 - So the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Delight to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - And he cast out Adam and caused him to dwell over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubs and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zogora.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:10 - For the land into which thou goest to inherit it, is not as the land of Egypt, whence ye came out, whensoever they sow the seed, and water it with their feet, as a garden of herbs:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2 - (LXX 20:2) And Achaab spoke to Nabuthai, saying, Give me thy vineyard, and I will have it for a garden of herbs, for it is near my house: and I will give thee another vineyard better than it; or if [fn]it please thee, I will give thee money, the price of this thy vineyard, and I will have it for a garden of herbs.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - And Ochozias king of Juda saw it, and fled by the way of [fn]Bæthgan. And Ju pursued after him, and said, Slay him also. And one smote him in the chariot at the going up of Gai, which is Jeblaam: and he fled to Mageddo, and died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:18 - And Manasses slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his house, even in the garden of Oza: and Amos his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:26 - And they buried him in his tomb in the garden of Oza: and Josias his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went forth by night, by the way of the gate between the walls, this is the gate of the king's garden: and the Chaldeans were set against the city round about: and the king went by the way of [fn]the plain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 - But Solomon the son of Choleze repaired the gate of the fountain, the ruler of part of Maspha; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors and its bars, and the wall of the pool of the skins by the meadow of the king, and as far as the steps that lead down from the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 - a fountain of a garden, and a well of water springing and gurgling from Libanus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; and blow through my garden, and let my spices flow out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - Let my kinsman come down into his garden, and eat the fruit of his choice berries. I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spices; I have eaten my bread with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; yea, brethren, drink abundantly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 - My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:13 - Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: make me hear it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:3 - And now I will comfort thee, O Sion: and I have comforted all her desert places; and I will make her desert places as a garden, and her [fn]western places as the garden of the Lord; they shall find in her gladness and exultation, thanksgiving and the voice of praise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:11 - and thy God shall be with thee continually, and thou shalt be satisfied according as thy soul desires; and thy bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain from which the water has not failed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:12 - (LXX 38:12) And they shall come, and shall rejoice in the mount of Sion, and shall come to the good things of the Lord, even to a land of corn, and wine, and fruits, and cattle, and sheep: and their soul shall be as a fruitful tree; and they shall hunger no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went out by night by the way of the gate, between the wall and the outworks, which were by the king's garden; and the Chaldeans were by the city round about; and they went by the way leading to the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:6 - Vau. And he has scattered his tabernacle as a vine, he has marred his feast: the Lord has forgotten the feast and the sabbath which he appointed in Sion, and in the fury of his wrath has vexed the king, and priest, and prince.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - And such cypresses as this were in the paradise of God; and there were no pines like his shoots, and there were no firs like his branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9 - because of the multitude of his branches: and the trees of God's paradise of delight envied him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - And they shall say, That desolate land is become like a garden of delight; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:3 - Before [fn]them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none [fn]of them escape.
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