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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
In the
East
the gardens were portions of ground under culture, and often enclosed by walls, in which fruit and herbs were grown. Water was always necessary: in the garden of
Eden
there was a
river
by which it was watered; and hence a fruitful place was described as well watered, “as the garden of the
Lord
” (
Gen. 13:10
10
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. (Genesis 13:10)
). It is also used figuratively of great
blessing
: when
Israel
is restored, “their
soul
shall be as a watered garden” (
Jer. 31:12
12
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. (Jeremiah 31:12)
); whereas under
God
’s judgments they were like a garden that had no water (
Isa. 1:30
30
For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. (Isaiah 1:30)
).
The garden was also looked upon as a place of delights, and is often used figuratively in this sense (
Song of Sol. 4:12-16
12
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
13
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
14
Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
15
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
16
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. (Song of Solomon 4:12‑16)
;
Song of Sol. 5:1
1
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: 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; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. (Song of Solomon 5:1)
;
Song of Sol. 6:2,11
2
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. (Song of Solomon 6:2)
11
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded. (Song of Solomon 6:11)
;
Song of Sol. 8:13
13
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. (Song of Solomon 8:13)
). Gardens were also secluded places of secret
sin
(
Isa. 65:3
3
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; (Isaiah 65:3)
;
Isa. 66:17
17
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord. (Isaiah 66:17)
).
The two most noted gardens in
scripture
were the gardens of EDEN and of
GETHSEMANE
. Once only we read of a GARDENER (
John 20:15
15
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. (John 20:15)
), though, since
the curse
upon the ground, there must always have been some who labored in gardens (compare
Gen. 3:19
19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. (Genesis 3:19)
;
Song of Sol. 1:6
6
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. (Song of Solomon 1:6)
); and in Eden, before the curse,
Adam
was placed in the garden “to
dress
it and to keep it” (
Gen. 2:15
15
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. (Genesis 2:15)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
2780
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
κηπουρός
Transliteration:
kepouros
Phonic:
kay-poo-ros’
Meaning:
from
2779
and οὖρος (a warden); a garden-keeper, i.e. gardener
KJV Usage:
gardener
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