Midvash

עֵדֶןʻêden

עֵ֫דֶן: luxury, dainty, delight (2 Samuel 1:24; Jeremiah 51:34; Psalms 36:9)

Pronunciation: ay'-den · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5730

Meanings

עֶדְנָה: delight, (sexual) (Genesis 18:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 18:12 So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?”
  • 2 Samuel 1:24 O women of Israel, weep for Saul, for he dressed you in luxurious scarlet clothing, in garments decorated with gold.
  • Psalms 36:8 You feed them from the abundance of your own house, letting them drink from your river of delights.
  • Jeremiah 51:34 “King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has eaten and crushed us and drained us of strength. He has swallowed us like a great monster and filled his belly with our riches. He has thrown us out of our own country.

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).