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H134 · Hebrew · Old Testament
אֶדֶן
Eden
Noun, masculine
Base / Socket / Pedestal

Definition

The Hebrew word eden (אֶדֶן, not to be confused with the Garden of Eden) refers to a base, socket, or pedestal — specifically the silver sockets into which the tabernacle's upright boards were set. Each socket weighed a talent of silver.

Usage & Theological Significance

The silver adenim (plural) of the tabernacle were cast from the ransom money collected from Israel's census — half a shekel per person (Exodus 30:11-16). This transformed the nation's redemption payment into the very foundation of God's dwelling place among them. Theologically, it pictures how the atonement price paid for God's people becomes the foundation on which His presence rests with them. The silver base beneath the tabernacle thus whispers of Christ, whose ransom price forms the foundation of the church.

Key Bible Verses

Exodus 26:19 and make forty silver bases to go under them — two bases for each frame, one under each projection.
Exodus 26:21 with their forty silver bases — two bases under each frame.
Exodus 38:27 The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and for the curtain — 100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent for each base.
Numbers 3:36 The Merarites were assigned responsibility for the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and everything related to their use.
Song of Solomon 5:15 His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.

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