Garden

GARDEN, in Latin, Hortus; in Greek, Kepos; and in Hebrew, Gan; is generally supposed to mean a Kitchin-Garden. But it גןGan. Κῆπος. Hortus.is taken likewise for an Orchard; wherefore that wherein God placed our first Parents, is called the Garden of Eden, or the Garden of Delights. But the Hebrews, to signify an Ezek. xxxv. 36. Joel ii. 3. פרדסParadise, whence Παράδεισος.Orchard, more generally make use of the word Paradise, whence the Greek, Paradisos, is derived, which signifies a Garden planted with trees. There is mention sometimes made in Scripture of the King’s Gardens, which were either in the City, or near 2 Kings xxi. 18, 26. Isai. i. 29. Isa. lxv. 3. Isai. lxvi. 17.the walls of Jerusalem. Here was the Royal Burial-place. Isaiah reproaches the Jews with the abominations and acts of Idolatry which they committed in their Gardens; Ye shall be confounded for the Gardens which ye have chosen. These Gardens were consecrated to Venus and Adonis; there they sacrificed; that sacrificeth in Gardens; after which, they thought they were well purified, when they had washed themselves in the water.

Read this article in its place on the printed pages