Garden of Eden

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Definition

Proper noun 1. A paradisiacal garden in the biblical creation story: The "Garden of Eden" is the idyllic garden created by God as the first home for Adam and Eve, the first humans. It is depicted as a place of perfection, innocence, and harmony between humanity and nature before the introduction of sin.

Examples of Usage
  • Proper noun:
    • According to the Book of Genesis, the Garden of Eden contained the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
    • The story describes how Adam and Eve lived in blissful innocence in the Garden of Eden.
Advanced Usage
  • Used metaphorically to describe a place of pristine beauty, innocence, or ideal happiness.
    • The secluded valley, untouched by tourism, was like a modern Garden of Eden.
    • He described his childhood summers at his grandparents' farm as a personal Garden of Eden.
Variants and Related Words
  • Eden (Proper noun): A common shortened form or synonym for the Garden of Eden, carrying the same metaphorical meanings.
    • The artist's painting depicted an imagined landscape of Eden.
  • Paradise (Noun): A term often used interchangeably with the Garden of Eden to mean a place of supreme happiness and beauty.
    • The tropical island was a paradise for the weary travelers.
Synonyms
  • Paradise
  • Shangri-La (a fictional utopian place, used in a similar metaphorical sense)
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • A Garden of Eden: Used as a descriptive phrase to label any place perceived as perfectly beautiful, peaceful, and innocent.
    • The conservationists fought to protect the forest, calling it a Garden of Eden that must be preserved.
Noun
  1. a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)

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