Bible Dictionary · P
Pison
Babylonian, the current, broad-flowing, one of the “four heads” into which the river which watered the garden of Eden was divided (Gen 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.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- Genesis 2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
