Midvash

עֶדֶןʻEden

עֵ֫דֶן: proper name, masculine: Levite name (2 Chronicles 29:12; 2 Chronicles 31:15)

Pronunciation: eh'-den · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5729

Meanings

עֶ֫דֶן: proper name [of territory (and city?)]: conquered by Assyria (2 Kings 19:12; Isaiah 37:12; Ezekiel 27:23)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 19:12 Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!
  • Isaiah 37:12 Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!
  • Ezekiel 27:23 “Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad came with their merchandise, too.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).