The word in Scripture

Garden in the Bible

The word garden appears 52 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A garden is a place of life, communion, and, at times, sorrow. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What garden means in the Bible

A garden is a place of life, communion, and, at times, sorrow.

Where the word garden appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word garden appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.”Genesis 2:10

“And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”Genesis 3:10

“For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:”Deuteronomy 11:10

“For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.”Isaiah 1:30

“For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.”Isaiah 61:11

“It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.”Luke 13:19

“When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.”John 18:1

“Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.”John 19:41