Pardes פַּרְדֵּס
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| פַּרְדֵּס | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | pardes |
| Strong's number | H6508 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | park |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Nehemiah (1) |
Pardes (Hebrew פַּרְדֵּס, Strong's H6508) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “park”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
park, preserve, enclosed garden, forest
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | forest (1), orchards (1), orchard (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | forest (1), parks (1), orchard (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Pardes, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 2:8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 2:5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 4:13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).