Paradise

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

This is a word of Persian origin, and is used in the Septuagint as the translation of Eden. It means "an orchard of pleasure and fruits," a "garden" or "pleasure ground," something like an English park. It is applied figuratively to the celestial dwelling of the righteous, in allusion to the garden of Eden. (2 Corinthians 12:4; Revelation 2:7) It has thus come into familiar use to denote both that garden and the heaven of the just.

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Paradise
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Paradise
A Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a "pleasure-ground" or "park" or "king's garden." (See Ede...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Paradise
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
paradise, bird of
n. English bird-name,originally applied in Australia to the Lyre-bird (q.v.),now given to Manucoda ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris