What does παράδεισος (parádeisos) mean in the Bible?
παράδεισος (parádeisos): Abode of the blessed dead in afterlife, distinct from the physical garden of Eden in Genesis
Greek · G3857
παράδεισος
Paradise
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παράδεισοςG3857
Pronunciationparádeisos
What does παράδεισος (parádeisos) mean in the Bible?
παράδεισος (parádeisos): Abode of the blessed dead in afterlife, distinct from the physical garden of Eden in Genesis
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3857?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Paradise (3).
Where does παράδεισος (parádeisos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 23:43. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Luke (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders ItParadise3×Luke 23:43, 2 Corinthians 12:4, Revelation 2:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 23:43
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Luke12 Corinthians1Revelation1
Source forms
Παραδείσῳ2xParadeisōLuke 23:43, Revelation 2:7
Παράδεισον1xParadeison2 Corinthians 12:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular2xLuke 23:43, Revelation 2:7
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1x2 Corinthians 12:4
Evidence Summary
Canonical AnchorMessiah
Greek word. Abode of the blessed dead in afterlife, distinct from the physical garden of Eden in Genesis
Strong'sG3857
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 23:33–43Source Gloss
paradise
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 23:43Noun Dative Singular Masculine
παραδείσῳ.paradeisw
Paradise
Read verse2 Corinthians 12:4Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
παράδεισον,paradeison
Paradise
Read verseRevelation 2:7Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
παραδείσουparadeisou
Paradise
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternDative (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · MasculineLuke 23:43 · Rev 2:72×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine2 Cor 12:41×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
paradise
Additional Occurrences
Luke 23:39–43παράδεισοςparádeisos
Paradise
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Why This Word Matters
Indicates immediate blessed presence with Christ.Luke 23:33–43
Canonical Themes
Canonical AnchorMessiah
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
H6508RelatedHebrew