Garden of Eden
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5.1
- proper noun
- /ˈɡɑrdən əv ˈidən/
- Literature
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Jardín del Edén
- In the first creation account, Adam's "original solitude" in the Garden of Eden discloses something significant about the human condition.
- expulsion from the Garden of Eden
- Garden of Eden story
God made Adam, gave him everything, the whole world, the Garden of Eden and all this cool stuff, right?
- God made Adam, gave him everything, the whole world, the Garden of Eden and all this cool stuff, right?
- Our problems in technology, in politics, wherever are human problems, from the Garden of Eden to today.
- And also to be created sinful because of, you know, Adam and Eve's transgression in the Garden of Eden.
- It is about the Genesis story, about how human beings screwed it up in the middle of the Garden of Eden.
- And you returned to the Garden of Eden for time.
- The concept of the Garden of Eden was changing around this.
- You know, think of the snake in the, in the Garden of Eden, you know, uncertainty.
- And I wonder, you know, whether there was an attempt also to locate the Garden of Delights, the Garden of Eden specifically in, in a place, right.
- But again, if there ever was a Lucifer, it was Enki in the contextual story of the Garden of Eden, you know?
Examples
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We settled a desolate place, transforming it into a Garden of Eden.
Academic text (2008) -
He put Adam and Eve in a Garden of Eden laden with holy fruits.
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God made Adam, gave him everything, the whole world, the Garden of Eden and all this cool stuff, right?
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We are living in the Garden of Eden!
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May he rest in peace in the Garden of Eden.
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If ever there was a Garden of Eden, this was it.
Academic text (2003) -
But this place is as green as the Garden of Eden, and no one can go hungry.
Fiction book (1996) -
When Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden, they lost their perfection.
Blog text (4) -
In the Bible, original sin in the Garden of Eden is the "root of all evil."
Blog text (11) -
I often imagine my childhood home as a Garden of Eden, filled with carefree days and beautiful surroundings.
Synonyms
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6.3
A garden in the Bible where Adam and Eve live before they leave
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4.2
A very beautiful place where people feel happy and peaceful
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5.8
A beautiful peaceful place on earth that seems perfect
How Idyllic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'garden' + 'of' + 'Eden' denotes the specific biblical garden, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the reference to the paradisiacal place. Although it carries cultural/biblical background, its structure is transparent and cross-linguistically attested, making the meaning recoverable from the parts.
Etymology
Garden of Eden comes from the Bible, where a garden called Eden was a perfect place full of fruit trees and where the first people lived without pain or work. Because the story shows a peaceful, untouched 'paradise', calling a place a Garden of Eden today means it is a very beautiful, 'unspoiled' place.