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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παράδεισος G3857
Pronunciation parádeisos
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
Full entry for παράδεισος (G3857) · Open the biblical lexicon
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 It Paradise 3× 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 row Luke 23:43
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Luke 1 2 Corinthians 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
Παραδείσῳ 2x Paradeisō Luke 23:43, Revelation 2:7
Παράδεισον 1x Paradeison 2 Corinthians 12:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 2x Luke 23:43, Revelation 2:7
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x 2 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's G3857
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 23:33–43 Source Gloss
paradise
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 23:43 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
παραδείσῳ. paradeisw
Paradise
Read verse 2 Corinthians 12:4 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
παράδεισον, paradeison
Paradise
Read verse Revelation 2:7 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
παραδείσου paradeisou
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Masculine Luke 23:43 · Rev 2:7 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine 2 Cor 12:4 1×
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 23:39–43 παράδεισος parádeisos
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.
H6508 Related Hebrew
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain