παράδεισος

English (LSJ)

ὁ (also παράδισος SIG463.8 (Crete, iii B. C.)),

   A enclosed park or pleasure-ground, Oriental word first used by X., always in reference to the parks of the Persian kings and nobles; π. μέγας ἀγρίων θηρίων πλήρης An.1.2.7; π. δασὺς παντοίων δένδρων ib.2.4.14; τὰ ἐν π. θηρία Cyr. 1.3.14; θῆραι . . ἐν περιειργμένοις παραδείσοις HG4.1.15, cf. Thphr.HP 4.4.1, AJA16.13 (Sardes, 300 B.C.), LXX Ne.2.8, Plu.Art.25.    2 generally, garden, orchard, PRev.Laws 33.11 (iii B. C.), PCair.Zen. 33.3 (iii B. C.), OGI90.15 (Rosetta, ii B. C.), LXX Ca.4.13, Ec.2.5, CIG 2694b (Mylasa), PFay.55.7 (ii A. D.), etc.    3 the garden of Eden, LXX Ge.2.8.    b Paradise, the abode of the blessed, Ev.Luc.23.43, 2 Ep.Cor.12.4.    c expl. of μακάρων νῆσοι, Procl. ad Hes.Op.169.    II stupid fellow, Com.Adesp.1102. (Persian word, cf. Poll.9.13, Phot., and Avest. pairidaēza- 'enclosure'.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 476] ὁ, Thiergarten, Park, persisches Wort; παραδείσους μεστοὺς δένδρων καὶ θηρίων, Xen. Hell. 4, 1, 15, vgl. Cyr. 1, 4, 11 Oec. 4, 20; Clearch. bei Ath. XII, 515 e u. A. – Das Paradies, LXX u. N. T.