Pison

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.


     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Pison, changing; extension of the mouth