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Genesis 2:8 גַּן־ a garden

And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

Here: A protected, usually enclosed plot of cultivated trees and plants. It is watered, guarded, and often belongs to a king (2 Kgs 21:18; 25:4; Neh 3:15). Verse 9 shows this one is mainly a garden of trees: an orchard park, not a flower bed.

Genesis 2:9 הַגָּ֔ן the garden

Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Here: The garden God planted in Eden (2:8). A gan is a fenced, watered, cultivated plot. The Greek translation renders it paradeisos, a Persian loanword for a walled royal park.

Genesis 2:10 הַגָּ֑ן the garden

Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:

Genesis 2:15 בְגַן־ in [the] garden of

Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Here: 'In the garden of.' A gan was an enclosed, watered plot, usually full of trees: an orchard or park rather than a flower bed. Verse 9 says this one was planted with every kind of tree that was beautiful and good for food.

Genesis 2:16 הַגָּ֖ן the garden

And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

Here: A garden in the ancient sense: an enclosed, protected and watered park of trees, the kind kings and gods owned. The trees belong to the garden God planted (2:8), and God gives them to the one he placed there.

Genesis 3:1 הַגָּֽן׃ the garden

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

Here: An enclosed, cultivated garden or park, the kind of planted estate a king might own. This is the garden YHWH planted in Eden (2:8).

Genesis 3:2 הַגָּ֖ן the garden

The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

Here: This is the planted, enclosed garden 'in Eden, in the east' (2:8). It is a well-watered orchard park, closer to a royal or temple garden than to a backyard plot.

Genesis 3:3 הַגָּן֒ the garden

but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

Here: The walled or enclosed garden-park in Eden, the place where God is present (3:8). Its centre is the most significant spot in it.

Genesis 3:8 בַּגָּ֖ן הַגָּֽן׃ in the garden, the garden

Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Here: An enclosed, planted, watered garden or park: the garden Yahweh planted in Eden (2:8). 'The garden' is the setting of God's presence.

Genesis 3:10 בַּגָּ֑ן in the garden

“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

Here: The enclosed, planted garden of Eden, the place God made for the man and where God walks. The garden that was the man's home has now become the place where he hides from its owner.

Genesis 3:23 מִגַּן־ from [the] garden of

Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

Genesis 3:24 לְגַן־ of [the] garden of

So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

Here: 'Of the garden.' A gan was an enclosed, protected planted space, like an orchard or a royal park, not an open field. The enclosure is why it can have a guarded way in.

Genesis 13:10 כְּגַן־ like [the] garden of

And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Here: 'Like the garden (of).' A walled, watered plot of trees and plants, not a flower bed. Here it means Eden.

Deuteronomy 11:10 כְּגַ֥ן like [the] garden of

For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.

1 Kings 21:2 לְגַן־ to a garden of

So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”

Here: 'Into a garden'. A gan is an enclosed, cultivated, usually watered plot, often near a house or palace (compare the king's garden in 2 Kgs 25:4).

2 Kings 9:27 הַגָּ֑ן Haggan

When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.

2 Kings 21:18 בְּגַן־ בְּגַן־ in [the] garden of

And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

2 Kings 21:26 בְּגַן־ in [the] garden of

And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah reigned in his place.

2 Kings 25:4 גַּ֣ן [the] garden of

Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

Here: An enclosed, watered garden or orchard. Royal gardens needed a water supply, which places this one in the low ground near Siloam.

Nehemiah 3:15 לְגַן־ of [the] garden of

The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.

Song of Songs 4:12 גַּ֥ן׀ [is] a garden

My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Here: An enclosed, watered plot of fruit trees and spices, not a lawn or a flower bed. It comes first for emphasis: "A garden, bolted, is my sister-bride." Verses 13–14 go on to fill this garden with pomegranates and rare spices.

Song of Songs 4:15 גַּנִּ֔ים gardens

You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

Song of Songs 4:16 גַנִּ֖י לְגַנּ֔וֹ garden my, to garden his

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.

Here: 'My garden': the woman picks up the man's picture of her as a garden (4:12–15) and speaks of herself in it. Within a breath it will become 'his garden'.

Song of Songs 5:1 לְגַנִּי֮ to garden my

I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.

Here: "To my garden." The garden is the woman herself, as 4:12–16 has made explicit ("a garden locked is my sister, my bride"). In 4:16 she called it "my garden" and then "his garden"; now he calls it "my garden." She gave it, and he receives it as his own.

Song of Songs 6:2 לְגַנּ֔וֹ בַּגַּנִּ֔ים to garden his, in the gardens

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.

Here: A walled, watered garden or orchard, private and precious. "His garden" repeats 4:16–5:1, where the woman herself is the garden: "Let my beloved come into his garden" and "I have come into my garden." The audience has already learned what this garden is.

Song of Songs 8:13 בַּגַּנִּ֗ים in the gardens

You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!

Isaiah 51:3 כְּגַן־ like [the] garden of

For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.

Here: "Like the garden of": a walled, watered planting of trees and crops, the kind of park a king owned, not a small flower bed.

Isaiah 58:11 כְּגַ֣ן like a garden

The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

Here: An enclosed, cultivated plot of fruit trees and vegetables. In a dry land it depended on irrigation. To an Israelite ear it could also recall Eden, the garden watered by a river (Gen 2:10).

Jeremiah 31:12 כְּגַ֣ן like a garden

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.

Here: "Like a garden": an enclosed, cultivated plot of trees and plants that needs a steady water supply. It recalls Eden, the garden of God.

Jeremiah 39:4 גַּ֣ן [the] garden of

When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.

Jeremiah 52:7 גַּ֣ן [the] garden of

Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

Lamentations 2:6 כַּגַּן֙ like <the> garden

He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest.

Here: 'Like the garden.' A gan is a fenced orchard or vegetable plot, not a flower garden. The comparison is compressed and disputed. Most likely it means God treated his own dwelling the way a farmer strips a plot (or its flimsy field-hut) after harvest.

Ezekiel 28:13 גַּן־ [the] garden of

You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

Here: An enclosed, watered garden or park, the kind kings kept. Joined to the next word: 'the garden of God.'

Ezekiel 31:8 בְּגַן־ בְּגַן־ in [the] garden of

The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.

Ezekiel 31:9 בְּגַ֥ן [were] in [the] garden of

I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’

Ezekiel 36:35 כְּגַן־ like [the] garden of

Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’

Here: A gan is an enclosed, watered, cultivated plot, the opposite of open wasteland. The 'like' makes this a comparison: the land is not literally Eden, but it can now be compared to it.

Joel 2:3 כְּגַן־ [is] like [the] garden of

Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them.

Here: An enclosed, watered, cultivated plot: the most fertile kind of land an Israelite farmer knew.