HebrewH1588Noun

גַּן

gan

37Occurrences
H1588Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a garden (as fenced)

from H1598 (גָּנַן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
This name means garden, enclosure

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

H:N

Full Description

Hebrew Noun

Occurrences

גַּן appears 37 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
13
Song of Solomon
6
2 Kings
4
Ezk
4
Jeremiah
3
Isaiah
2
1 Kings
1
Deuteronomy
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 21:2BSB

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.”

Ezk 31:8BSB

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Genesis 2:15BSB

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

Genesis 3:23BSB

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

Jol 2:3BSB

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