παράδεισος, -ου, ὁ
(an Oriental word, first used by Xen. of the parks of Persian kings and nobles) [in LXX chiefly for גַּן, Gen.1:8 ff., al.; also for עֵדֶן, Isa.51:3; פַּרְדֵּס, Neh.2:8, Ecc.2:5 ;]
__1. a park, pleasure-ground, garden (LXX), an orchard (in π., see MM, ii, xviii; Deiss., BS, 148).
__2. Paradise, the abode of the blessed dead: Luk.23:43, 2Co.12:4, Rev.2:7.†
(AS)