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Strong's #1588 - גַּן

Transliteration
gan
Phonetics
gan
Origin
from (H1598)
Parts of Speech
N/A
TWOT
367a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) garden, enclosure (noun masculine or feminine)

1a) enclosed garden

1a1) (figuratively of a bride)

1b) garden (of plants)

1c) Garden of Eden (noun proper locative)

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 288 ‑ ἄμπελος (am'‑pel‑os);  2779 ‑ κῆπος (kay'‑pos);  3857 ‑ παράδεισος (par‑ad'‑i‑sos);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (42)
Genesis 14
Deuteronomy 1
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 5
Nehemiah 1
Song of Solomon 8
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 3
Lamentations 1
Ezekiel 5
Joel 1
NAS (42)
Genesis 14
Deuteronomy 1
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 5
Nehemiah 1
Song of Solomon 8
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 3
Lamentations 1
Ezekiel 5
Joel 1
HCS (41)
Genesis 14
Deuteronomy 1
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 4
Nehemiah 1
Song of Solomon 8
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 3
Lamentations 1
Ezekiel 5
Joel 1
BSB (55)
Genesis 27
Deuteronomy 1
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 5
Nehemiah 1
Song of Solomon 8
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 3
Lamentations 1
Ezekiel 5
Joel 1
ESV (32)
Genesis 14
Deuteronomy 1
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 4
Nehemiah 1
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 3
Lamentations 1
Ezekiel 5
WEB (42)
Genesis 14
Deuteronomy 1
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 5
Nehemiah 1
Song of Solomon 8
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 3
Lamentations 1
Ezekiel 5
Joel 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1060) nc (גנ GN) AC: ? CO: Garden AB: Protection: The pictograph c is a picture of the foot and means to walk with an extended meaning to gather. The n is a picture of a sprouting seed. Combined these mean "a gathering of seeds". A garden is a place for growing crops and is often surrounded by a rock wall or hedge to protect it from grazing animals. (eng: genesis; beginning; genetics; genome)

A) nc (גנ GN) AC: ? CO: Garden AB: ?: A garden enclosed by walls for protection. A shield as a wall of protection.

Nm/f) nc (גנ GN) - Garden: KJV (42): garden - Strongs: H1588 (גַּן)

Nf1) enc (גנה GNH) - Garden: KJV (12): garden - Strongs: H1593 (גַּנָּה)

am) ncm (מגנ MGN) - Shield: A wall of protection. KJV (63): shield, buckler, armed, defense, ruler - Strongs: H4043 (מְגִנָּה)

ef1) enic (גינה GYNH) - Garden: KJV (4): garden - Strongs: H1594 (גִּנָּה)

B) nnc (גננ GNN) AC: ? CO: Shield AB: ?: A wall of protection.

V) nnc (גננ GNN) - Shield: A protection of an individual or community. KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) defend - Strongs: H1598 (גָּנַן)

C) nca (אגנ AGN) AC: ? CO: Basin AB: ?: A container enclosed by walls.

Nm) nca (אגנ AGN) - Basin: KJV (3): basons, cup, goblet - Strongs: H101 (אַגָּן)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 גַּן noun masculine Song of Solomon 4:12 & ( Genesis 2:15) feminine enclosure, garden (Late Hebrew id., גַּנָּה Arabic , Ethiopic Assyrian ginû COT Gloss, also gannatu Dl Proverbs 84; Aramaic גִּנָּא, גִּנְתָּא, ; Phoenician פר אגנן אם צץ[צ] CIS i, 165,11 & p. 232f. birds of enclosure (domestic fowls) or of wing) — absolute גַּן Genesis 2:8 3t.; construct id. Genesis 2:15 19t.; with article הַגָּן Genesis 2:9 9t., but כַּגַּן Lamentations 2:6; suffix גַּנִּי Song of Solomon 4:16; Song of Solomon 5:1, גַּנּוֺ Song of Solomon 4:16; Song of Solomon 6:2; Plural גַּנִּים Song of Solomon 4:15 2t. — garden as enclosure Lamentations 2:6 (simile); הַיּוֺשֶׁבֶת בַּגַּנִּים Song of Solomon 8:13; compare Song of Solomon 4:12 (figurative of, bride גַּן נָעוּל); g. of herbs (יָרָק) Deuteronomy 11:10; 1 Kings 21:2; figurative of bride, g. of plants, fruits, and spices Song of Solomon 4:16 (twice in verse); Song of Solomon 5:1; Song of Solomon 6:2 (twice in verse) compare מַעְיַן גנים Song of Solomon 4:15; g. of (king's) house) 2 Kings 21:18 = גַּןעֻֿזָּא 2 Kings 21:18,26; גַּן הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 Kings 25:4; Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 52:7; Nehemiah 3:15, compare בֵּית הַגָּן) 2 Kings 9:27 (at Jez-reel ? but this perhaps

proper name, of a location see below בית p. III ); most often of garden (orchard ?) in Eden (Hexateuch only Gen & only J) Genesis 2:8,9,10,16; Genesis 3:1,2,3,8 (twice in verse); Genesis 3:10, called גַּןעֵֿדֶן Genesis 2:15; Genesis 3:23,24; Ezekiel 36:35; Joel 2:3, compare ׳גןיֿ Genesis 13:10; Isaiah 51:3 (both in simile); גןאֿלהים Ezekiel 28:13 (׳עֵדֶן גןאֿל), Ezekiel 31:8 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 31:9 ("" עֵדֶן); in last three the trees of the garden are compare with Assyrian under figure of cedar of Lebanon.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

גַּן with suff. גַּנִי comm. (f. Genesis 2:15), a garden, especially one planted with trees (prop. a place protected with a fence, from the root גָּנַן). Genesis 2:8, seq. גַּן הַיֶרֶק a garden of herbs, Deuteronomy 11:10; 1 Kings 21:2. גַּן עֵדֶן the garden of Eden planted by God, Genesis 3:24; Joel 2:3 also called גַּן אֱלֹהִים Deuteronomy 28:13, 31:8, Deuteronomy 31:9 and גַּן יְהֹוָה Genesis 13:10; Isaiah 51:3. A garden enclosed, Song of Solomon 4:12 figuratively used of a chaste woman. Plur. גַּנִּים Song of Solomon 4:15, 6:2.


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List of Word Forms
בְּגַ֥ן בְּגַן־ בְגַן־ בַּגַּנִּ֔ים בַּגַּנִּ֗ים בַּגָּ֑ן בַּגָּ֖ן בגן בגן־ בגנים גַּ֣ן גַּ֥ן ׀ גַּן־ גַּנִּ֔ים גַנִּ֖י גן גן־ גני גנים הַגָּ֑ן הַגָּ֔ן הַגָּ֖ן הַגָּֽן׃ הַגָּן֒ הגן הגן׃ כְּגַ֣ן כְּגַ֥ן כְּגַן־ כַּגַּן֙ כגן כגן־ לְגַן־ לְגַנִּי֮ לְגַנּ֔וֹ לגן־ לגנו לגני מִגַּן־ מגן־ bag·gān bag·gan·nîm bagGan baggān bagganNim baggannîm bə·ḡan bə·ḡan- ḇə·ḡan- began bəḡan bəḡan- ḇəḡan- gan gan- ḡan·nî gan·nîm ganNi ḡannî ganNim gannîm hag·gān hagGan haggān kag·gan kaggan kə·ḡan kə·ḡan- kegan kəḡan kəḡan- lə·ḡan- lə·ḡan·nî lə·ḡan·nōw legan ləḡan- leganNi ləḡannî leganNo ləḡannōw mig·gan- miggan miggan- vegan
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