(Mount) Paran
פָּארָןStrong’s H6290paran (pa-ran)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Paran is the Hebrew word usually translated “paran” and “from paran”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.”
Meaning
- § Paran = "place of caverns"
- § Paran = "place of caverns"
How it's translated
- paran 10
- from paran 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 4
- Deuteronomy 2
- Genesis 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- 1 Kings 1
- Habakkuk 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 10:12And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 12:16And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 13:3And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 13:26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
- Deuteronomy 1:1These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
- Deuteronomy 33:2And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Hebrew dictionary
פָּארָן paran · Paran
§ 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
פָּארָן paran · (Mount) Paran
§ 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.