Quick Definition
Paran
Biblical Persons & Places
Paran
Paran
A location first mentioned at Gen.21.21;
only referred to as Paran (פָּארָן).
Paran_Mount
Mount Paran= in Paran (Paran@Gen.21.21-1Ki=H6290G)
A location in Paran first mentioned at Deu.33.2;
only referred to as Paran Mount (פָּארָן).
Strong's Definition
Paran, a desert of Arabia
Derivation: from H6286 (פָּאַר); ornamental;
KJV Usage: Paran.
TWOT Reference: 1728
Outline of Biblical Usage
Paran = "place of caverns"
1) wilderness area bounded on the north by Palestine, on the west by the wilderness of Etham, on the south by the desert of Sinai, and on the east by the valley of Arabah; the exodus was through this area and probably all 18 stops were in this area
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Paran = "place of caverns"
wilderness area bounded on the north by Palestine, on the west by the wilderness of Etham, on the south by the desert of Sinai, and on the east by the valley of Arabah; the exodus was through this area and probably all 18 stops were in this area
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פָּארָן
pârân
BDB Definition:
Paran = place of caverns
1) wilderness area bounded on the north by Palestine, on the west by the wilderness of Etham, on the south by the desert of Sinai, and on the east by the valley of Arabah; the exodus was through this area and probably all 18 stops were in this area
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6286
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1728
Total KJV Occurrences: 11