ORCHARD (פַּרְדֵּס, H7236, a Pers. loan word, a walled-in enclosure). Plantations of fruit trees, esp. of pomegranates, were well-known in ancient Bible lands. Ecclesiastes 2:5 (KJV; ASV, RSV PARK), Song of Solomon 4:13 (KJV, ASV, RSV ORCHARD; ASVmg. PARADISE).