does eden mean delight?

Question

i'm reading genesis 2 in the amplified version and after eden is mentioned for the first time it has "delight" in brackets. does that mean that is what it means?

Answer 1

My bible says it literally means delight

Answer 2

The origin of the term "Eden", which in Hebrew means "delight", may be with Akkadian edinu which derives from the Sumerian E.DIN. The latter words mean "plain" or "steppe", so the connection between the terms may be coincidental. A. R. Millard strongly put forward a case for the name deriving from the Semitic stem dn, meaning "abundant, lush"

- A. R. Millard (Jan 1984). "The Etymology of Eden". Vetus Testamentum 34 (1): 103-106.

Answer 3

Yes.
From a resource: "Pleasure"

`Eden {ay'-den}

Part of Speech
Outline of Biblical Usage
Eden= "pleasure"

1) the first habitat of man after the creation; site unknown
2) a Gershonite Levite, son of Joah in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah

Answer 4

In Hebrew, it was called

gan-be'E'dhen. E'dhen meaning "Pleasure; Delight".

The Greek Septuagint, the Bagster (Gr.) says: pa-ra'dei-son en Edem'. In Latin paradi'sum volupta'tis "paradise of pleasure"

Edit: And EDOM and Eden are two totally different things in Hebrew. Different spellings. They have two totally different things. EDOM - means Red.

Answer 5

eden is not hebrew in origin, and for the life of me i can not remember where they think it comes from at the moment. "IF" I remember right it was E-dom first, an ancient land east of iraq.

Answer 6

One version.