Eden
A garden built by God as the home for Adam and EveA garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
» Serpents have had a bad rap ever since the Garden of Eden.
Meaning
36 sensesA garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
Эде́мEdém
An English surname, probably derived from a place name.
И́денÍden
A female given name from Hebrew from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element ēad (“riches”).
Any of various towns and other place names.
A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
A census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland.
Examples
9 sentencesSerpents have had a bad rap ever since the Garden of Eden.
Oh, this is a day left over from Eden, isn't it, Diana?
A river flowed through Eden to water the garden, and there it split into four.
A river flowed through Eden to water the garden, and there it split into four branches.
The fruit at the Garden of Eden was not an apple. It is a European bias.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”). *From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).
* The river in Cumbria is from the Roman name, British Latin Ituna. The rivers in Scotland are also related to the root of this name.
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