(Bible) the beautiful garden containing the tree of
life, where
God intended
Adam and Eve to live in peaceful and contented innocence, effortlessly reaping the
fruits of the earth. The garden also contained the tree of
knowledge of good and
evil, from which
Adam and Eve were forbidden to
eat. Per the
Bible a serpent convinced Eve to
eat the forbidden fruit and she in
turn gave some to
Adam.
God drove them from the garden for disobeying. Their
sin and consequent
loss of
God's
grace and of their paradise is known as the
Fall of
Man. Used figuratively in this lecture.
delightful region or abode; paradise.