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| Eden |
the garden where the first humans lived, according to the Old Testament in the Bible; Garden of Eden. [1/2 definitions] |
| forbidden fruit |
in the Bible, the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden, which had been forbidden to Adam and Eve by God. [1/2 definitions] |
| paradise |
(often cap.) the Garden of Eden. [1/3 definitions] |
| tree of knowledge |
according to the Old Testament, the tree whose forbidden fruit gave Adam and Eve the knowledge of good and evil, and caused their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. |
| tree of life |
in the Bible, a tree in the Garden of Eden bearing fruit that would confer immortality to one who ate it. [1/3 definitions] |
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