παράδεισος

παράδεισος, -ου, ὁ

(an Oriental word, first used by Xen. of the parks of Persian kings and nobles) [in LXX chiefly for גַּן, 1 Mos 1,8 ff., al.; also for עֵדֶן, Es 51,3 פַּרְדֵּס, Neh 2,8, Praed 2,5 ;]

1. a park, pleasure-ground, garden (LXX), an orchard (in π., see MM, ii, xviii; Deiss., BS, 148).

2. Paradise, the abode of the blessed dead: Luk 23,43, 2 Kor 12,4, Åb 2,7.†