PARADISE

A Greek word signifying a park, or garden with trees. The Hebrew word GAN, garden, issued in a similar way, Ne 2:8 Ec 2:5 So 4:13. The Septuagint uses the word Paradise when speaking of the Garden of Eden, in which the Lord placed Adam and Eve. This famous garden is indeed commonly known by the name of "the terrestrial paradise," and there is hardly any part of the world in which it has not been sought. See EDEN. In the New Testament, "paradise" is put, in allusion to the paradise of Eden, for the place where the souls of the blessed enjoy happiness. Thus our Savior tells the penitent thief on the cross, "Today shalt thou be with me in paradise;" that is, in the state of the blessed, Lu 23:43. Paul speaking of himself in the third person, says, "I knew a man that was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter," 2Co 12:4. And in Re 2:7 22:14, the natural features of the scene where innocence and bliss were lost, are used to depict the world where these are restored perfectly and forever.

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paradise. paradise, (g) place of pleasure

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Paradise. Paradise
A Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a “pleasure-ground” or “park” or “king’s garden.” (See EDEN.) It came in course of time to be used as a name for the world of happiness and rest hereafter (Luke 23:43; 2 Cor. 12:4; Rev. 2:7). For “garden” in Gen. 2:8 the LXX. has “paradise.”

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PARADISE. → The place of glorified spirits Lu 23:43; 2Co 12:4; Re 2:7 → See EDEN

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Lu 23:43; 2Co 12:4; Re 2:7 --SEE Heaven, 1356 Reward, FUTURE, THE

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paradise. Paradise, n. the garden of Eden, a place of bliss

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Par″a‐dise (–dīs), n. [[OE. & F. paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. παράδεισοσ park, paradise, fr. Zend pairidaēza an inclosure; pairi around (akin to Gr. περί) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear, and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]] 1. 1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed after their creation.
2. 2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Luke xxiii. 43. It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise. Longfellow. 3. 3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight; hence, a state of happiness.
The earth Shall be all paradise. Milton. Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision. Beaconsfield. 4. 4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
5. 5. A churchyard or cemetery. Oxf. Gloss.
Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo. — Grains of paradise. (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper, under Pepper. — Paradise bird. (Zoöl.) Same as Bird of paradise. Among the most beautiful species are the superb (Lophorina superba); the magnificent (Diphyllodes magnifica); and the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata). The long-billed paradise birds (Epimachinæ) also include some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow, and white, with six long breast feathers on each side, ending in long, slender filaments. See Bird of paradise in the Vocabulary. — Paradise fish (Zoöl.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish (Macropodus viridiauratus) having very large fins. It is often kept alive as an ornamental fish. — Paradise flycatcher (Zoöl.), any flycatcher of the genus Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely elongated. The adult male of T. paradisi is white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested. — Paradise grackle (Zoöl.), a very beautiful bird of New Guinea, of the genus Astrapia, having dark velvety plumage with brilliant metallic tints. — Paradise nut (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See Sapucaia nut. — Paradise whidah bird. (Zoöl.) See Whidah.