noun · masculine
paradeisos
Greekπαράδεισος (paradeisos)
Strong’sG3857
Paradise
stem paradeis-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
παράδεισος, -ου, ὁ
(an Oriental word, first used by Xen. of the parks of Persian kings and nobles), [in LXX chiefly for גַּן, Ge 1:8 ff., al.; also for עֵדֶן, Is 51:3; פַּרְדֵּס, Ne 2:8, Ec 2:5;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3857 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpar-ad'-i-sos
a park, i.e. (specially), an Eden (place of future happiness, "paradise")
Fromof Oriental origin (compare );
King Jamesparadise.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | paradeisos | paradeisois |
| object accusative | paradeison1×παράδεισον | paradeisoin |
| direct address vocative | paradeisor | paradeisoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | paradeisou | paradeisoiu |
| to, for dative | paradeiso2×παραδείσῳ | paradeisoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
paradeiso is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
paradeison“paradise”objectaccusative singular1×
2 Corinthians 12:4“paradise”hoti harpazita eis ton paradeison kai akouata arrēteim rēmeim heim ouk exestinarōtem anthrōpo lalara.was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.
paradeiso“paradise”to, fordative singular2×
Luke 23:43“paradise”kai legata auto; Amēn si legamō sēmeron meta mu esi en to paradeiso.And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
Revelation 2:7“paradise”tos echarōtos ouem akouatar tinem tem pneumem legatō tai ekklēsai. to nikarōto dōami auto esthiara ek teu xuleu tau zōau, hem atō en to paradeiso tou theou.He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.