单词 | garden of god |
释义 | > as lemmasGarden of God Garden of God n. = Garden of Eden n. at Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > paradise paradiseOE Eden1382 Garden of Eden1535 Garden of God1535 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxxi. A All the trees in the pleasant garden of God [Ger. garten Gottes], had envie at hym. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xv. 29/1 It lieth seated in a vale most wholsome and rich, hauing some hils also..from whose Tops the prospect of the whole is..rather like a Paradise and Garden of God. 1663 F. Philipps Antiq. Præ-emption & Pourveyance for King v. 309 They called England..the Granary of the Western world, a Paradice of Pleasure and Garden of God. 1793 Morning Chron. 13 Apr. This admired and envied island,—in this verdant garden of God! 1860 M. Reid Odd People 37 This vast Garden of God [sc. the valley of the Amazon] is yet unexplored by man. 1877 W. W. Fowler Women of Amer. Frontier viii. 174 The country through which they pass deserves the title of ‘the garden of God’. 1928 T. H. MacBride In Cabins & Sod-Houses v. 35 These..moved each his own way across the garden of God, each attended by his shadow. 1978 M. Haran Temples & Temple-service Anc. Israel xiii. 254 The cherub who dwelt in the garden of God lived and roamed in the garden and apparently also tilled it. 2001 Ploughshares Winter 76 The young Indian called out, ‘yours is as beautiful as the garden of God’. < as lemmas |
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