Associations to the word «Eden»

Pictures for the word «Eden»

Wiktionary

EDEN, proper noun. (biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia
EDEN, proper noun. (by extension) A paradise on Earth; a state of innocence
EDEN, proper noun. Various place names
EDEN, proper noun. An English surname​, probably derived from a place name.
EDEN, proper noun. A female given name from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of compound names beginning with the element ēad.
EDEN, proper noun. A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.

Dictionary definition

EDEN, noun. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
EDEN, noun. 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).

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.