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Strong's G3857 παράδεισος (paradeisos)

Paradeisos means “paradise” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3857 — lahat (“set on fire”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3857
Language Greek
Linked Usages 52
Books 17

Strong's G3857 Quick Answer

Strong's G3857 παράδεισος (paradeisos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. paradeisos (par-ad'-ei-sos) n. 1. a park 2. (specially), an Eden (place of future happiness, "paradise") It has 52 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include paradise. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
paradeisos (par-ad'-ei-sos) n. 1. a park 2. (specially), an Eden (place of future happiness, "paradise")
Usage
52 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
paradise

Meaning and Definition

paradeisos (par-ad'-ei-sos) n. 1. a park 2. (specially), an Eden (place of future happiness, "paradise") [of Oriental origin] KJV: paradise Compare: H6508

Original Word
παράδεισος
Transliteration
paradeisos
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3857. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

paradise

Usage: παράδεισος, -ου, ὁ (an Oriental word, first used by Xen. of the parks of Persian kings and nobles) [in LXX chiefly for גַּן, Gen.1:8 ff., al.; also for עֵדֶן, Isa.51:3; פַּרְדֵּס, Neh.2:8, Ecc.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, 2Co.12:4, Rev.2:7.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3857 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render paradeisos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

paradise Luke 23:43

How Strong's G3857 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 25 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3857 (παράδεισος) appears 42 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3857 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3857 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 23:43 KJV

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.

2 Corinthians 12:4 KJV

How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

Revelation 2:7 KJV

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Strong's G3857 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

25 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 2:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and placed there the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And a river proceeds out of Eden to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.

Strong's G3857 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

23 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Sirach 24:30 Septuagint / Brenton

I also came out as a brook from a river, And as a conduit into a garden.

Wisdom of Sirach 40:17 Septuagint / Brenton

Bountifulness is as a most fruitful garden, And mercifulness endureth forever.

Wisdom of Sirach 40:27 Septuagint / Brenton

The fear of the Lord is a fruitful garden, And covereth him above all glory.

Strong's G3857 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 32:3 Septuagint / Brenton

I and from afar off trees more numerous than I these trees and great-two trees there, very great, beautiful, and glorious, and magnificent, and the tree of knowledge, whose holy fruit they eat and know great wisdom.

Usage Excerpts

First 52 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3857.

Genesis 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and placed there the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a river proceeds out of Eden to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.
Genesis 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.
Genesis 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou mayest freely eat,
Genesis 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the brutes on the earth, which the Lord God made, and the serpent said to the woman, Wherefore has God said, Eat not of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden,
Genesis 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Genesis 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the afternoon; and both Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, I heard thy voice as thou walkedst in the garden, and I feared because I was naked and I hid myself.
Genesis 3:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Delight to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken.
Genesis 3:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he cast out Adam and caused him to dwell over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubs and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life.
Genesis 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until thou come to Zoar.
Numbers 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As shady groves, And as gardens by a river, And as tents which God pitched, And as cedars by the waters.
2 Chronicles 33:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the garden of his house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
Nehemiah 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
Ecclesiastes 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I made me gardens and orchards, And planted in them every kind of fruit tree.
Song of Solomon 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy shoots are a garden of pomegranates, with the fruit of choice berries; Camphor, with spikenard:
Isaiah 1:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they shall be as a turpentine tree that has cast its leaves, and as a garden that has no water.
Isaiah 51:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now I will comfort thee, O Zion: and I have comforted all her desert places; and I will make her desert places as a garden, and her western places as the garden of the Lord; they shall find in her gladness and exultation, thanksgiving and the voice of praise.
Jeremiah 36:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Build ye houses, and inhabit them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruits thereof;
Ezekiel 28:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou wast in the delight of the paradise of God; thou hast bound upon thee every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and thou hast filled thy treasures and thy stores in thee with gold.
Ezekiel 31:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And such cypresses as this were in the paradise of God; and there were no pines like his shoots, and there were no firs like his branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty,
Ezekiel 31:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because of the multitude of his branches: and the trees of God’s paradise of delight envied him.
Joel 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape.
Luke 23:43 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
2 Corinthians 12:4 New Testament, KJV
How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Revelation 2:7 New Testament, KJV
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Wisdom of Sirach 24:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I also came out as a brook from a river, And as a conduit into a garden.
Wisdom of Sirach 40:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Bountifulness is as a most fruitful garden, And mercifulness endureth forever.
Wisdom of Sirach 40:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The fear of the Lord is a fruitful garden, And covereth him above all glory.
Daniel 1:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
young men in whom was no blemish, and beautiful in appearance, and skilled in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and acquainted with prudence, and who had ability to stand in the house before the king, and the king gave commandment to teach them the learning and language of the Chaldeans.
Daniel 1:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: to Daniel, Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, Shadrach; and to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
Daniel 1:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And at the end of the ten days their countenances appeared fairer and stouter in flesh than the children that fed at the king’s table.
Daniel 1:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for these four children, God gave them understanding and prudence in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Daniel 1:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And at the end of the days, after which the king had given orders to bring them in, then the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel 1:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And in every matter of wisdom and knowledge wherein the king questioned them, he found them ten times wiser than all the enchanters and sorcerers that were in all his kingdom.
Daniel 1:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Daniel 1:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Daniel 1:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Daniel 1:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
1 Enoch 32:3 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
I and from afar off trees more numerous than I these trees and great-two trees there, very great, beautiful, and glorious, and magnificent, and the tree of knowledge, whose holy fruit they eat and know great wisdom.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3857, grouped by book.

Genesis 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 10 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 10 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3857 FAQ

What does paradeisos (παράδεισος) mean?

Paradeisos (Strong's G3857) is a Greek word most simply glossed "paradise". paradeisos (par-ad'-ei-sos) n. 1. a park 2. (specially), an Eden (place of future happiness, "paradise")

How many times is paradeisos (παράδεισος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 52 linked usages for Strong's G3857 across 17 books.

Where can I study paradeisos (παράδεισος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3857 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate paradeisos (παράδεισος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as paradise. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3857 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 25 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 23 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3857, with linked reader references where each row is available.