How many times is garden mentioned in the Bible?
The word garden appears 52 times in the King James Version, in 47 verses. Counting every form (garden, gardens), it appears 64 times in 58 verses across 18 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses garden 50 times (62 with every form).
Garden in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of garden counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| garden | 52 | 50 |
| gardens | 12 | 12 |
| Total | 64 | 62 |
Which books mention garden most
Garden appears in 18 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Genesis has the most (14), then Song of Solomon (9) and Isaiah (8).
Also in: Lamentations (1), Joel (1), Luke (1).
First and last mention of garden
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
The verse that uses it most is Genesis 3:8, 2 times (tied with 2 Kings 21:18, Song of Solomon 4:16, Song of Solomon 6:2, Ezekiel 31:8, John 19:41):
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Where the two translations differ
2 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 0 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Song of Solomon 6:11: counted in the KJV only
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.
Isaiah 1:8: counted in the KJV only
And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.
Verses with garden on our topic pages
5 verses that use garden in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don’t fail.
On: Guidance, Provision, Stress, Bible Verses for Graduation
Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
On: Nature
“Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go to the gardens, behind one in the middle, eating pig’s meat, abominable things, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together,” says Yahweh.
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.
Common questions
How many times is garden in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 59 of the 64 uses are in the Old Testament and 5 in the New Testament. Garden appears in 18 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Genesis has the most (14), then Song of Solomon (9) and Isaiah (8).
Where is garden first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 2:8: "And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed." The last is John 19:41.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-24.