Paran פָּארָן

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Paran
פָּארָן
Transliterationparan
Strong's numberH6290 (H6290G, H6290H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechplace name
GlossParan
Occurrences11 in 10 verses
Most frequent inNumbers (4)

Paran (Hebrew פָּארָן, Strong's H6290) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Paran”. It occurs 11 times.

Definition

H6290G: 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

H6290H: (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 the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVparan (11)
BSBparan (11)

Verses

Every verse with Paran, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Numbers

Deuteronomy

1 Samuel

1 Kings

Habakkuk

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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