STRONGS NUMBER H1588

H1588. gan

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^{Pr 84}; Aramaic גִּנְתָּא גִּנָּא,‎, ; Phoenician צץ אם אגנן פר‎[צ‎] CIS^{i, 165, 11 & p. 232 f.} birds of enclosure (domestic fowls) or of wing) — absolute גַּן‎ 2:8 3t.; construct id. 2:15 19t.; with article הַגָּן‎ 2:9 9t., but כַּגַּן‎ Lamentations 2:6; suffix גַּנִּי‎ Song of Solomon 4:16; 5:1, גַּנּוֺ‎ 4:16; 6:2; Plural גַּנִּים‎ 4:15 2t. — garden as enclosure Lamentations 2:6 (simile); בַּגַּנִּים הַיּוֺשֶׁבֶת‎ Song of Solomon 8:13; compare 4:12 (figurative of, bride נָעוּל גַּן‎); 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); 5:1; 6:2 (twice in verse) compare גנים מַעְיַן‎ 4:15; g. of (king's) house) 2 Kings 21:18 = גַּןעֻֿזָּא‎ 21:18, 26; הַמֶּלֶךְ גַּן‎ 25:4; Jeremiah 39:4; 52:7; Nehemiah 3:15, compare הַגָּן בֵּית‎) 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; 3:1-2, 3, 8 (twice in verse); 3:10, called גַּןעֵֿדֶן‎ 2:15; 3:23-24, Ezekiel 36:35; Joel 2:3, compare ׳גןיֿ‎ Genesis 13:10; Isaiah 51:3 (both in simile); גןאֿלהים‎ Ezekiel 28:13 (גןאֿל ׳עֵדֶן‎), 31:8 (twice in verse); 31:9 ("" עֵדֶן‎); in last three the trees of the garden are compare with Assyrian under figure of cedar of Lebanon.