Garden Of Eden (Noun)
Meaning
A beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man).
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- In the biblical account, the Garden of Eden was a paradise created by God where Adam and Eve lived before their expulsion.
- The Garden of Eden represents a perfect, idyllic state of existence where humans lived in harmony with nature and God.
- After eating the forbidden fruit, Adam and Eve were driven from the Garden of Eden, marking the beginning of human suffering.
- The tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden symbolized the choice humans have between good and evil.
- According to the biblical story, the Garden of Eden was located on earth but its exact location was lost after the great flood.