Pison

changing; extension of the mouth

Pison

[EDEN]

Pison

One of the four rivers that watered Paradise, Genesis 2:11-12, and which ran through all the land of Havilah, where excellent gold was found. It has, of course, been placed as variously as the Garden of Eden, to which article and EUPHRATES the reader is referred.

Babylonian, the current, broad-flowing, one of the "four heads" into which the river which watered the garden of Eden was divided (Genesis 2:11). Some identify it with the modern Phasis, others with the Halys, others the Jorak or Acampis, others the Jaab, the Indus, the Ganges, etc. PISHON; PISON

pi'-shon pi'-son (pishon; the King James Version): A river of EDEN (which see), said to compass the whole land of Havilah where there is gold, bdellium and onyx stone (Genesis 2:11), most probably identified with the Karun River which comes down from the mountains of Media and formerly emptied into the Persian Gulf.

PISON

pi'-son.

See PISHON.

6376. Pishon -- one of the rivers of Eden
... 1). Pison. From puwsh; dispersive; Pishon, a river of Eden -- Pison. see HEBREW
puwsh. 6375, 6376. Pishon. 6377 . Strong's Numbers.
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On the Creation of the World
... to Moses, from Moses to Christ the Lord, the Son of God; and four living creatures,
viz., a man, a calf, a lion, an eagle; and four rivers, the Pison, the Gihon ...
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The Scriptural Account of Paradise.
... The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah,
where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good, and there is ...
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The Beauty of Paradise.
... And it was signified that a river flowed out of Eden to water Paradise, and after
that divides into four heads; of which the two called Pison and Gihon water ...
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Letter Liii. To Paulinus.
... richest districts of India. At last, after crossing that wide river the
Pison, [1402] he came to the Brahmans. There he saw Hiarcas ...
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Letter cxxv. To Rusticus.
... Then India is reached and the river Ganges"called in holy scripture Pison""which
compasseth the whole land of Havilah" [3412] and is said to carry down ...
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Appendix ii. Philo of Alexandria and Rabbinic Theology.
... wisdom, was Paradise, whence issued the one stream (goodness), which again divided
into four branches (the four Stoic virtues): - Pison, prudence' (phrnesis ...
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Letter Li. From Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, in Cyprus, to John ...
... The name of the first is Pison...and the name of the second is Gihon." [1273] I
myself have seen the waters of Gihon, have seen them with my bodily eyes. ...
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Letter Lv. Replies to Questions of Januarius.
... from terrestrial things, eg from Orion and the Pleiades, Mount Zion, Mount Sinai,
and the rivers of which the names are given, Gihon, Pison, Tigris, Euphrates ...
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Pison (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PISHON; PISON. pi ... Gulf. PISON. pi'-son.
See PISHON. Multi-Version Concordance Pison (1 Occurrence). ...
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Pisidian (1 Occurrence)

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Pishon (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PISHON; PISON. pi'-shon pi'-son (pishon;
the King James Version): A river of EDEN (which see), said ...
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Pispa (1 Occurrence)

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Compasseth (8 Occurrences)
... Genesis 2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the
whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; (KJV JPS ASV WBS). ...
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Surrounding (78 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Genesis 2:11 the name of the one 'is' Pison, it 'is' that which is surrounding
the whole land of the Havilah where the gold 'is', (YLT). ...
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Surrounds (8 Occurrences)
... Surrounds (8 Occurrences). Genesis 2:11 The name of the one is Pison: that is it
which surrounds the whole land of Havilah, where the gold is. (DBY). ...
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