Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
παράδεισος (G3857)
3 παράδεισος , -ου, ὁ (an Oriental word, first used by Xen. of the parks of Persian kings and nobles), [in LXX chiefly for גַּן , Ge 1:8 ff., al.; also for עֵדֶן , Is 51:3 ; פַּרְדֵּס , Ne 2:8 , Ec 2:5 ;] a park , pleasure-ground , garden (LXX), an orchard (in π. , v. MM, ii, xviii; Deiss., BS , 148). Paradise , the abode of the blessed dead: Lk 23:43 , II Co 12:4 , Re 2:7 .†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain