KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 2:8 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the Lord” | יְהוָ֧ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “God” | אֱלֹהִ֛ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “planted” | וַיִּטַּ֞ע | Properly, to strike in, i.e., fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively) | planted |
| “a garden” | גַּן | A garden (as fenced) | garden |
| “eastward” | מִקֶּ֑דֶם | The front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward) | eastward |
| “in Eden;” | בְּעֵ֖דֶן | Eden, the region of Adam's home | Eden |
| “and there” | שָׁ֔ם | There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | and there |
| “he put” | וַיָּ֣שֶׂם | To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) | put |
| “the man” | הָֽאָדָ֖ם | Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) | man |
| “whom” | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | whom |
| “he had formed.” | יָצָֽר׃ | To mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e., form a resolution) | formed |
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6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
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