פַּרְדֵּסpardêç

preserve, park (Genesis 2:8; Nehemiah 2:8; Song of Solomon 4:13; Ecclesiastes 2:5)

Pronunciation: par-dace' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6508

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Nehemiah 2:8 And please give me a letter addressed to Asaph, the manager of the king’s forest, instructing him to give me timber. I will need it to make beams for the gates of the Temple fortress, for the city walls, and for a house for myself.” And the king granted these requests, because the gracious hand of God was on me.
  • Ecclesiastes 2:5 I made gardens and parks, filling them with all kinds of fruit trees.
  • Song of Solomon 4:13 Your thighs shelter a paradise of pomegranates with rare spices— henna with nard,

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).