Eden Definition

ēdn
noun
The garden where Adam and Eve first lived; Paradise: Gen. 2:8
Webster's New World
Any delightful place or state; a paradise.
Webster's New World
A state of innocence, bliss, or ultimate happiness.
American Heritage
pronoun

(biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.

Wiktionary

(by extension) A paradise on Earth; a state of innocence.

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An English surname​, probably derived from a place name.

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A female given name from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element ēad (“riches”).
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Origin of Eden

  • Middle English from Late Latin from Greek Ēdēn from Hebrew ‘ēden delight, Eden ġdn in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Hebrew עדן (eden), perhaps from Sumerian e-den "Steppe, garden".

    From Wiktionary

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