פָּארָן
Transliteration
pā'rān
Pronunciation
paw-rawn'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From פָּאַר (H6286)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1728

Strong’s Definitions

פָּארָן Pâʼrân, paw-rawn'; from H6286; ornamental; Paran, a desert of Arabia:—Paran.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H6290 in the following manner: Paran (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H6290 in the following manner: Paran (11x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פָּארָן Pâʼrân, paw-rawn'; from H6286; ornamental; Paran, a desert of Arabia:—Paran.
STRONGS H6290: Abbreviations
† פָּארָן proper name, of a location Paran, Φαραν (compare proper name פארן Sinaitic Inscription); — usually מִדְבַּר פ׳ home of Ishmael Genesis 21:21 (E), traversed by Israel in Exodus Numbers 12:16 (E), Numbers 10:12; Numbers 13:2, 26 (all P); it lay northeast from (the traditional) Sinai, with Gulf of Akaba and the ‘Arabah as its east border; in the same region was הַר פ׳ Deuteronomy 33:2; Habakkuk 3:3, — perhaps coast-range of mountains along west shore of Gulf of Akaba; פ׳ alone 1 Kings 11:18 (twice in verse) (between Midian and Egypt); Deuteronomy 1:1 (location dubious). — 1 Samuel 25:1 see II. H4583 מָעוֹן below עון. — See RobBR i, 177 f. PalmerDesert of Exodus, 284 ff., Di DrDt.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:21

Numbers

10:12; 12:16; 13:2; 13:26

Deuteronomy

1:1; 33:2

1 Samuel

25:1

1 Kings

11:18

Habakkuk

3:3